| Statistical Study on Childhood Accidents. |
|
Hyung Jin Choi, Chang Woo Koh, Sang Man Shin, Sang Jhoo Lee |
|
Department of Pediatrics, Soon Chun Hyang Medical College, Seoul, Korea. |
| 소아 우발사고의 통계적 고찰 |
|
최형진, 고창우, 신상만, 이상주 |
|
순천향대학 의학부 소아과학교실 |
|
|
|
|
| Abstract |
|
Authors reviewed 1809 childhood accident cases who visited the emergency room of Soon Chun hyung Hospital from May, 1974 to Aug. 1980. The following results were obtained; 1. Incidence of accidents was 4.1% of all patients who visited emergency room. 2. The highest age incidence was in the age group of 5-9 years, especially in Falldown, Traffic accident, Laceration accident. But Burn, Poisoning and Foreign body accidents were most frequent in the age group of 1-4 years. 3. Male to Female ratio was 1.74:1 4. Seasonal Distibution showed high incidence in Spring and Summer. 5. Accidents were happenedmostly at 4:00 PM - 8:00 PM 6. Causes of Accidents were Falldown(28.3%), Traffic accident (22.4%), Laceration(22.0%), Burn(9.5%), Poisoning (7.5%), Foreign body(4.0%), and Others(3.1%), listed in decreasing order of frequency. 7. Head was the part of the body most frequently involved in Fallodwn, Traffic accident and Laceration accidents. 8. Mortality rate was 7.2% of all accidents and traffic accident was the most common cause of death. Mortality was highest in the age group of 1-4 years. |
| Key Words:
Accidents |
|
PDF Links
Download Citation
