To Study Of Socio-Demographic Profile of Road Traffic Accidents

Authors

  • Dr. Lokendar Pal Singh Department of Forensic Medicine, Government Medical College, Bharatpur

Abstract

Background- Road traffic accidents are the only public health problem for which society and decision makers still accept death and disability among young people on large scale.

Methods-50 cases of RTAs caused by accidents were selected from the autopsies. Only those cases were selected which had definite history of injury by road traffic accidents. A detailed postmortem examination was carried out on every case.

Results- The commonest vulnerable age group is 30-40 years 17[34.00%] followed by 20-30 years 14 [28.00%] next age group 11-20 years 10[20.00%] and on age group of 41-50 years 9[18.00%].

Conclusions -The commonest affected age group is 31-40 year. Male subjects predominate female, with female to male ratio is being 1:5.25.

Keywords: RTA, Crash, Types of road users.

 

 

 

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Published

2018-04-28

How to Cite

Dr. Lokendar Pal Singh. (2018). To Study Of Socio-Demographic Profile of Road Traffic Accidents. International Journal of Medical Science And Diagnosis Research, 2(2). Retrieved from https://www.ijmsdr.com/index.php/ijmsdr/article/view/39

Issue

Vol. 2 No. 2 (2018)

Section

Articles