An epidemiological report on the burden and trend of injuries in the Philippines from 2011 to 2018
作者机构:Faculty of Medicine and SurgeryUniversity of Santo TomasEspañaManilaPhilippines Department of Epidemiology and BiostatisticsCollege of Public HealthUniversity of the Philippines ManilaManilaPhilippines
出 版 物:《Journal of Acute Disease》 (急性病杂志(英文版))
年 卷 期:2020年第9卷第5期
页 面:200-205页
学科分类:1002[医学-临床医学] 100210[医学-外科学(含:普外、骨外、泌尿外、胸心外、神外、整形、烧伤、野战外)] 10[医学]
主 题:Traffic crash Trauma Surveillance system
摘 要:Objective:To describe the epidemiological distribution of injury cases in the Philippines from 2011 to ***:A retrospective review of records from the Online National Electronic Injury Surveillance System involving trauma cases was done,and data were collated,tabulated,and statistically ***:A total of 668?179 injury cases were recorded,and 68.99%of these cases involved *** individuals belonged to the group aged 15-29 years(34.01%).The most populated regions in the country,the National Capital Region(14.90%)and RegionⅣA(13.96%),incurred the highest number of recorded *** crash(32.67%)was reported to be the major cause of injury;and open wounds(37.56%)and abrasion(26.23%)were found to be the most common types of ***:The burden of injury remains high in the Philippines due to the lack of resources and inadequate *** findings of the present study on the distribution of injury cases provide useful information for taking appropriate preventive measures,developing effective safety guidelines,allocating limited resources in an appropriate manner,and implementing necessary public health programs.