title: Epidemiology of accidents and traumas in qom province in 2010.
abstract: BACKGROUND
  Accidents are the most important public health challenges in our society. To prevent the accidents, the identification of their epidemiological features seems necessary.
  
  
  OBJECTIVE
  This study was conducted to reveal the epidemiological features of accidents and their casualties in Qom province in 2010.
  
  
  METHODS
  A cross-sectional study was conducted on 29426 injured people referred to Qom province hospitals in 2010. Information about place, time, type of accidents and traumas and demographic variables had been collected in a veteran hospital. Data were analyzed by SPSS (version 16) software, using chi-square test and logistic regression.
  
  
  RESULTS
  The incidence of accidents was about 27/1000 per year. The incidences of traffic accidents, motorcycle accidents, violence, burns, poisoning and suicides were 3, 1.6, 1.2, 0.3, 0.8, 0.37 cases per 1000 people respectively. Strikes (65%) and falls (12%) were the main causes of traumas. Forty-six percent of all injuries had occurred in 16 - 30 years groups. Most frequent accidents were as follows: fall (97%) and strike (50%) in < 12, violence (46%) in 20 - 29, suicide (71%) in 15 - 29, poisoning (34%) and burns (20%) among < 5 years old. Pedestrian and motorcycle accidents among +60 years old people were significantly higher than other (P = 0.000). Odds ratio for suicide among female was about 3.36 and in 16 - 30 age-group was 15.7 more than +60 years old group (P = 0.000).
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Most traumas in Qom province occurred among younger age-groups and strikes and falls are the main causes of such traumas. Therefore, safeties to prevent falls and traffic regulations to reduce strikes can be effective strategies.
authors.affiliation: Health Deputy, Qom University of Medical Sciences, Qom, IR Iran.
authors.forename: Moharram
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Karami Joushin
authors.affiliation: Health Deputy, Qom University of Medical Sciences, Qom, IR Iran.
authors.forename: Abedin
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Saghafipour
authors.affiliation: Department of Epidemiology, Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, IR Iran.
authors.forename: Mehdi
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Noroozi
authors.affiliation: Department of Health Education, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, IR Iran.
authors.forename: Hamid
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Soori
authors.affiliation: Health Deputy, Qom University of Medical Sciences, Qom, IR Iran ; Center for Community Based Participatory Research, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, IR Iran.
authors.forename: Esmaeil
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Khedmati Morasae
keywords: Epidemiology; Injury; Qom; Trauma