Accidental deaths among children

Saha, Haimanti; Rao, V

doi:10.1007/bf02749130

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“…Similar results have been shown in studies conducted worldwide which shows an increase of number of accidents with age. [15,16,17,18]. Victims of homicides were younger children where 2 were of the age group of infancy and the 1 of 1 to 10 years age.…”

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“…Suicide has become a common cause of death among adolescent and young children worldwide. [15] However, suicides were very low in younger children and if present they may have been labeled as accidents. One explanation for this pattern is having more freedom to the teenagers due to maturity.…”

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“…Hanging has been identified as the commonest method of suicide among young children in India. [15,16] The commonest mechanism of death in the unnatural group was asphyxia (63%) which can be explained from the high rate of drowning. 54% of the unnatural deaths have taken place at home.…”

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Child victims in medico-legal autopsy

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Introduction : Death of a child, particularly a sudden death is an essentially a tragic experience for parents, caregivers and the general public. Medico-legal autopsy is an important solution in many unanswered questions that arises after death. Accurate information about childhood deaths is obligatory to improve child survival. Objective: The aim of the study was to determine the distribution and pattern of various causes of death among the medico-legal autopsy population and to assess the areas where interventional and preventive strategies can be taken place. Study Design: Retrospective descriptive study was done based on reports of post mortems performed on children during past 3 years. The information was gathered on a proforma to fulfill the objectives. The data was analyzed using SPSS statistical package. Results: Majority of children were of the age group of less than 1 year (40%). 49% of the circumstances were unnatural while accidents amount to 39%. Most frequent mechanism of death was asphyxia (31%). Almost 53% of them were caused by mechanical asphyxia due to drowning. There was a significant difference in circumstances of death in infants, children between 1-10 years and those aged over 11 years. Death due to natural conditions was predominant among infants (75%), while 58% of the children aged between 1-10 years died of accidental causes. 56% of children over 11 years died of accidental causes while 16% found to be suicides. 54% incidents of unnatural deaths had taken place at home. Conclusion: Accidental deaths were common among children older than 1year of age while drowning was identified as the leading unnatural cause of death which can be prevented easily. It is high time we consider some precautions and regulations to protect children against accidents, injuries and hazards.

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Falls on Stairs: an Epidemiological Accident Study

Svanström

1974

Scandinavian Journal of Social Medicine

113

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In the words of M. Candau, accidents rate as “the world's third worst killer”, and in the industrialized society, with increasing hazards to life and health, it is of the utmost importance to find ways to reduce their number as well as their deadly and crippling effects. Accident research will undoubtedly reap great benefits from the epidemiological approach, formerly regarded as primarily a means for the study of infectious diseases. The author is at present specializing in the study of fall accidents, using epidemiological methods. Here he gives an account of his epidemiological accident study of falls on stairs, which constitutes the socio-medical part of a broad investigation project, a survey made by sections at the Lund and Stockholm Institutes of Technology in collaboration with medical institutions at Lund University. The results reveal facts of great interest concerning prevention, and it is to be hoped that accident researchers in general will pay more attention to the value of epidemiological methods, in order to obtain a flexible foundation for our increasing knowledge of feasible preventive measures.

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Accidental deaths among children

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Child victims in medico-legal autopsy

Falls on Stairs: an Epidemiological Accident Study

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