TY - JOUR
A1 - Awasthi, Bhanu
A1 - Raina, Sunil
A1 - Kumar, Naveen
A1 - Sharma, Vipin
T1 - Sociodemographic determinants of traumatic musculoskeletal injuries: A register-based study from North-west India
Y1 - 2015/1/1
JF - International Journal of Health & Allied Sciences
JO - Int J Health Allied Sci
SP - 54
EP - 57
VL - 4
IS - 1
UR - https://www.ijhas.in/article.asp?issn=2278-344X;year=2015;volume=4;issue=1;spage=54;epage=57;aulast=Awasthi
DO - 10.4103/2278-344X.149276
N2 - Introduction: Globally, about 16,000 people die of injuries every day. It is estimated that 5.8 million people die each year as a result of some form of injury corresponding to an annual mortality rate of 97.9/100,000 populations. The study aimed to arrive at sociodemography of traumatic musculoskeletal injuries. Materials and Methods: A prospective, descriptive hospital-based study was conducted on 1272 patients presenting with musculoskeletal injuries to the Department of Orthopedics in a tertiary care hospital in rural North-west India, for a period of 1 year from January 1, 2012 to December 31, 2012. Results: Age group 16-30 was the most common (25.2%) age to suffer from injuries with a male preponderance. Students and farmers suffered more commonly. The most common place for the occurrence of injury was outside home (69.9%). Fall was the most common cause of injury (74.6%), followed by road traffic crash (14.6%). Discussion and Conclusion: The study defines the profile of traumatic musculoskeletal injuries and demonstrates the utility of development of a trauma registry.
ER -