Epidemiology of Road Traffic Accidents (RTA) Reported at a Tertiary Care Hospital in Chennai
Journal Title: National Journal of Research in Community Medicine - Year 2015, Vol 4, Issue 1
Abstract
Background: Road traffic accidents happen to be a leading cause of death among young people. About 1.24 million people die each year due to road traffic accidents and cause considerable economic losses to victims and their families and nation at large. Objective: To study the epidemiological factors in Road traffic accident cases and the characteristics of the resultant injuries in Chennai metropolitan city. Materials and methods: The present cross sectional study was carried out at tertiary care hospital in Chennai. All the Road Traffic Accidents reported to Casualty Department for treatment for a period of one week were included in this Study. Results: Ninety percent of RTA victims were in the age group of 18-59 years and males to female ratio of 6:1. About 32% of the accidents took place between 18.01 hours to 24.00 hours and 63.6% of the type of accidents was sideways collision. Nearly 43.0 % of the vehicle was light motor vehicles. The common site of injury was lower extremities (45.4%). Road traffic accidents were fatal in 5.2% of the victims. Conclusion: In conclusion most of the victims of road traffic accidents were young males and productive age group with male to female ratio of 6:1. Young people need to be educated regarding Risk factors, Traffic rules and safety precautions.
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Anantharaman V. V. , Logaraj M.
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