Health impact of injuries: a population-based epidemiological investigation in a local community of Bangladesh

摘要

Due to the lack of valid injury data, the objective of this study was to assess the injury morbidity and mortality in a local community of Bangladesh. A pop- ulation-based survey of 3,258 households was conducted in 1996. The informa- tion was collected by trained field-level health workers using three pretested structure forms. The estimated crude morbidity from injuries was 311 per 1,000 population per year, and injury accounted for 13/100 of all morbidity. The children and old-age groups experience higher injury rates than others, and male children aged 5-15 years had the highest incidence rates(546/1,000 per- son-years).