مقايسه ميزان آگاهي ماماهاي شاغل در دفاتر مامايي، بيمارستان ها و درمانگاه هاي شيراز در سال 1386 از قوانين مجازات اسلامي مربوط به شاغلين حرفه هاي پزشكي

A survey on causes of children medicolegal death in Tehran research centre of Legal Medicine Organization in 2005

Background & Aim:The probe into the reasons causing children and juvenile deaths, and eliminating the preventable cases can play an important role in the health and productivity status ofa society. According to WHO, every person under 18 years old is defined as a child. Considering the existing differences in the distribution ofthe causes leading to the deaths among children andjuveniles in different countries. and regions. it is necessary that the information related to each region he regarded to lead the way for macro-policy making. Materials & Methods: TMs study is retrospective, cross-sectional that covers the causes of death among the children ondjuveniles (?lU-18 years ofage who were referred to the autopsy theater ofTehran Forensic Organization in 2005 to investigate the causes ofdeath. That results analyzed by SPSs. Findings: Out 0/ the total 0/ 760 children andjuveniles studied. 34.6% were female and 65.4% were male. Different types 0.( traumas were found to he the most common cause of death, including 58.4% of cases. it is then [otlowed hy miscellaneous reasons, poisoning, asphyxia to rank as common causes ofdeath among the children and juveniles studied. The studyfound significant differences in the causes ofdeoth resultingfrom trauma, poisoning and miscellaneous factors among the cases aging below II and those above it. Conclusion: Deaths caused by trauma are highly prevalent in our country. This rate has also been reported high in some neighboring countries; however, it bears some differences in the distribution ofthe causes ofdeath in other countries with that rate common among the children in iran. This necessitates taking fundamental nationwide measures to prevent accidents, which lead to the death afchildren and the juveniles.