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Preventive Medicine 2018
Journal of Preventive Medicine
ISSN: 2572-5483
Page 75
July 16-17, 2018
London, UK
9
th
Edition of International Conference on
Preventive Medicine
& Public Health
Background:
Child injury is a growing but preventable global
public health problem. For every person killed by injury, 30
people are hospitalized and 300 are treated in emergency
rooms that may live with varying degrees of disability. Every
day >2,000 children die from injuries. This study is conducted
to describe the epidemiological characteristics, estimate
incidence and identify mechanism of fatal injuries (FI) among
under five years’ children (U5) in four south provinces (Basra,
Misan, Muthana, and Thiqar), Iraq, 2010-2015.
Methods:
This cross sectional study was conducted on the
data obtained from Iraqi Injury Surveillance System. The
mortality part of the injury surveillance is a population based
involving the coroner offices in four south provinces (Basra,
Misan, Muthana, and Thiqar), Iraq. U5 population data were
obtained from Ministry of Planning.
Results:
The total number of reported U5 FI during this period
was 1,022 with an average annual incidence of 24.7/100,000
U5 population (P). It represents 22.2% of FI among U5 and
1.4% of total FI of all ages. The incidence of FI increased from
17.1/100,000 U5P in 2010 to 28.7/100,000 U5P in 2015. Male
to female ratio of FI was 1.6:1 and 28.9% occurred at the age
of two years. About 50.1% occurred at home. 79.1% were
unintentional with average annual incidence 17.5/100,000 U5P,
63% occurred during 6 am-3 pm. The main causes of FI were:
road traffic accidents (22.6%), drowning (19.8%), burn (16.9%),
electric shock (9.6%), fall (7.3%) and explosions (2.9%).
The highest average incidence was reported in Muthana
(54.2/100,000U5P) and the lowest was reported in Basra
(8.7/100,000U5P) governorate.
Conclusions:
The increasing incidence of FI is the tip of the
iceberg which indicates that every year thousands of U5 are
injured and hundreds end with disability. Public health officials
need to develop a comprehensive program to control injuries
among young children particularly the traffic and home injuries.
farislami@gmail.comFatal injuries among children under five years, south provinces
(Basra, Misan, Muthana, Thi-Qar), Iraq, 2010-2015
Faris Lami
1
and
Khitam Ali
1
University of Baghdad, Iraq
J Prev Med 2018, Volume 3
DOI: 10.21767/2572-5483-C1-003