Volume : VII, Issue : VIII, August - 2018

Epidemiological factors of road traffic accident in North Indian Population

Samir Misra, Ankita Johary

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Road traffic accidents are one of the leading causes of morbidity and mortality worldwide. In India more than million are injured annually and about a lakh are killed in road traffic accidents reported in world health organization report. The increasing number of vehicles has consequently led to increased opportunities for road traffic accidents. Road traffic accidents can be defined as a when a vehicle that is moving along a roadway collides with another vehicle or object. The main objectives of this paper is to study the main cause of accidents and to assess the epidemiological factors related to road traffic accident cases. It is a retrospective observational study. Study was performed in trauma center of King George Medical University, Lucknow fromJanuary 2012 to January 2017.The main study variables which were included in this study are:–Demographic, time, age, gender, vehicle type, Mode of Injury, Speed and area wise distribution.

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Samir Misra, Ankita Johary, Epidemiological factors of road traffic accident in North Indian Population, INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF SCIENTIFIC RESEARCH : Volume-7 | Issue-8 | August-2018

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