مطالعه مرگ و مير ناشي از بروز حوادث و سوانح غير عمد در استان خوزستان در سال هاي 1380 تا 1384

A study of death due to unintentional accidents and injuries in Khuzestan province during 2001-2005

Background & Aim: In order to improve the health in a society, the specificpolicies based on statistical information and health indices must be introduced On the other hand to increase the NFe expectancy and to decline the death number within different ages. we have to have enough information about the main causes ofdeath. In this paper we study the death/rom the main group a/unintentional accidents and injuries and poisoning in Khuzestan province. Material & Methods: This was a descriptive and cross sectional study. The studied population consisted ofall death causes from different unintentional accidents and injuries and poisoning which have been reported to the Khuzestan Legal Medicine Center or Jundishapour University oj Medical Sciences, during years 2001-2005. The information of 12895 reported deaths was gathered and entered into the SPSS software. The erode death rates, cause. age and sex specific death rates andyears oflife lost due tofourteen accidental causes ofdeath in Khuzestan within 5 years period \1.·as determined. Findings: The erode death rates due to different accidents and injuries in Khuzestan province during years 20012005 were 48.21,54.91,61.13,69.42 and 71.66 per 100000populalion. respectively. During the period ofstudy. transport accidents, accidental exposure to smoke, fire and jfames and drowned in water were the main causes of death, respectively. andthe 10101 years life losl were 56407. 65 I88, 72200,84378 and 86336. respectively: The average growth ofyear We lost within 5 years was 11.08. Finally, the years ofWe losl ofmen in this period were 2.83,3.23, 3.21,3.45 and 3.62 times more than women, respectively. Conclusion: Because ofthe 11%growth rate due to transport accident during the periodofstudy, more than 30.6% ofdeath/rom accidental exposure to smoke, fire andjfames within women and50.2% within women aged between 1525, the immediate action is needed to establish the main reasons ofdeath from the above mentioned causes.