Background: Accidents are the second leading cause of death following cardiovascular disease in all age groups. Falls account for 40% of deaths worldwide. Objectives: This study aimed to investigate epidemiologically the victims of falls during a 6-year period by reviewing the medical records of the patients referring to Shahid Rajaee Hospital, Shiraz, Iran. Methods: This cross-sectional study was conducted by reviewing the medical records of 12, 133 patients admitted to the accident department of Shahid Rajaee hospital from 2009 to 2014. Demographic and other important data, such as age, gender, marital status, the severity of injuries, and survival or death, were collected. Then, the data were analyzed using chi-square test and logistic regression analysis. Results: Medical records of 12133 fall victims were investigated. The mean age of the patients was 44. 87  20. 91 years. The results of the multiple-regression model showed a significant relationship between death rate and age, injury severity, length of hospital stay, and injured body region in the fall victim (P < 0. 05). The multiple-regression model also indicated a significant relationship between fall-related death and gender, injury severity, the injured body region, and the length of hospital stay (P < 0. 05). Conclusions: The highest mortality rate was observed among fall patients aged over 55 years with a high Injury Severity Score (ISS). Therefore, appropriate strategies should be taken for these patients in order to reduce mortality.

Veriety and frequency of jobs, progress of technology and sciences have been led to increase in threating factors, job diseases and job accidents. In this cross - sectional, job accidents occurred in 2000, were studied. Data was collected using a questionnaire. Results showed that the majority of accident- prone workers (81.4%)were under the age of 40 and occurrence of accident was more in building workers than others. From view point of work record 50% of Lhe injured workers had maximum of 5 years of work record and 52.7% of them had no literacy or low literacy .(P<0.05). More than 50% of the accidents had been occurred in workshops lacked technical protection conunittee and most of them were in private ownership .Accidents frequency was very high (80.6%) in workshops which had no responsible for safty and work health. There was a significant relationship between existence of responsible for safty and work health and accident accurrence (P<0.05). 94.4% of the accidents had been occuITed among workers who had no training or education about safty and health. Most of the accidents had been occurred in the morning working hours shift (63.9%) and among married works with a peak in June and July. The occuTenctieme of accidents was often between 9 to 11 a. ffi. Considering the exposure of workers at this risk, it is suggested to prevent accidents by suitable planning such as promotion of literacy level of workers, necessary training of safty and health, inspection and cleanliness of working environments, as well as paying attention to workers" economic and familial problems.

Background: The article provides the analysis of death rates in road traffic accidents in Kazakhstan from 2004 to 2010 and explores the use of sanitary aviation.Methods: Data of fatalities caused by road traffic accidents were collected and analysed. Descriptive and analytical methods of epidemiology and biomedical statistics were applied.Results: Totaly 27, 003 people died as a result of road traffic accidents in this period. The death rate for the total population due to road traffic accidents was 25.0±2.10/0000. The death rate for men was (38.3±3.20/0000), which was higher (P<0.05) than that for women (12.6±1. 10/0000). High death rates in the entire male population were identified among men of 30-39 years old, whereas the highest rates for women were attributed to the groups of 50-59 years old and 70-79 years old. In time dynamics, death rates tended to decrease: the total population (Tdec=-2.4%), men (Tdec=-2.3%) and women (Tdec=-1.4%). When researching territorial relevance, the rates were established as low (to 18.30/0000), average (between18.3 and24.00/0000) and high (from 24.00/0000 and above). Thus, the regions with high rates included Akmola region (24.30/0000), Mangistau region (25. 90/0000), Zhambyl region (27.30/0000), Almaty region (29.30/0000) and South Kazakhstan region (32.40/0000).Conclusion: The identified epidemiological characteristics of the population deaths rates from road traffic accidents should be used in integrated and targeted interventions to enhance prevention of injuries in accidents.

Background: Changes in the lipid profile have been suggested as a risk factor for developing ischemic stroke.Their role in intra-cerebral hemorrhage, however, is not clear. The present study was designed to evaluate the lipid profile levels of patients who had experienced an acute stroke during the first 24-hour and to compare these levels in different patients suffering from the stroke, either hemorrhagic or ischemic, and healthy individuals.