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B W Sathiyasekaran

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PubMed1996

Population-based cohort study of injuries.

A population-based cohort study was done to estimate the incidence of different types of injuries and to evaluate certain risk factors in an urban slum; 4333 slum dwellers in Madras city in India were randomly selected by cluster sampling, of whom 1.7 per cent were lost during the 12 months of follow up. The cumulative injury incidence for 12 months for all injuries was 127 per 1000 persons (95 per cent confidence interval 117-137); for males 137 per 1000 and for females 118 per 1000. Incidence of unintentional injury was 121 per 1000 persons. The incidence for road traffic injury was 16 per 1000 persons, for household injuries 57 per 1000 persons and for injury at place of work 19 per 1000 persons. The relative risk of males to females for traffic injuries was 3.04 and for household injuries was 0.39. The relative risk of traffic injuries among adult males who reported daily alcohol consumption was 2.26. The incidence of injury is high in an urban slum and it is a priority health problem. This study has identified groups of people who are at high risk for injuries and who may need specific protective measures.

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PubMed1991

Accident trauma--a descriptive hospital study.

The study was conducted at the casualty department of Government General Hospital, Madras, South India. Accident trauma patients, 1906, have attended the above department during a continuous period of one month round the clock and accounted for 15.3% of the total attendance of patients to the casualty department. Of those brought to hospital following accident trauma 1.8% were dead, 35.1% were due to road traffic accidents, 21.7% to household accidents and 20.9% to occupational accidents. Of the accident traumas 46.9% occurred in the age group 21-40 years. Males accounted for 80% of the patients. Injuries involving lower extremities accounted for 35.4% of the total injuries; head injuries accounted for 29.5%. Of the injuries 5.8% were life threatening, 7.4% severely disabling, 35.9% disabling and the rest were trivial injuries.

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