The epidemiology of the railway related casualties
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Tarih
2006
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Dergi ISSN
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Yayıncı
Turkish Association of Trauma and Emergency Surgery
Erişim Hakkı
info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess
Özet
BACKGROUND: Railway related accidents and incidents account for 150-200 deaths per 100 million passengers annually in Turkey. The aim of this study was to evaluate the epidemiological aspects of these casualties. METHODS: The data about railway related casualties between January 1997 and December 2003 were retrospectively analyzed in Turkey. RESULTS: Railway related accidents and incidents resulted in 213,3 deaths per year per 100 million passengers during the study period. Train-pedestrian accidents caused highest number of mortality and level crossing accidents caused highest numbers of casualty. Furthermore, suicide attempts had highest mortality ratio in railway related accidents. The majority of the fatalities and injuries occured in males for every type of incident and most of the injuries have taken place in the 25-60 age group. Summer time was the season with the highest number of fatalities and injuries. CONCLUSION: Measures should be taken to improve railway safety. These include prevention of direct exposure of pedestrians to the railway tracts and conditioning the level crossings.
Açıklama
Anahtar Kelimeler
Accidents, Railroads, Retrospective studies, Suicide, Wounds and injuries/epidemiology
Kaynak
Ulusal Travma ve Acil Cerrahi Dergisi
WoS Q Değeri
Scopus Q Değeri
Q3
Cilt
12
Sayı
3
Künye
Özdoğan, M., Çakar, S., Ağalar, F., Eryılmaz, M., Aytaç, A. B., Aydınuraz, K. (2006). The epidemiology of the railway related casualties. Ulusal Travma ve Acil Cerrahi Dergisi, 12(3), 235 - 241.
