Pattern of Injuries Among Children of Urban Slum Dwellers in Dhaka City

Autor:	Mithun Alamgir, Shofiqul Islam, Khan Shakil Ahmed, Sarwar Mahboob, Shafinaz Gazi, Afsana Ahmed
Rok vydání:	2012
Předmět:	High rate Pediatrics medicine.medical_specialty Preventive strategy Cross-sectional study Occupational injury Chemical burn Injury rate medicine.disease Age specific Geography medicine Urban slum Demography
Zdroj:	Journal of Dhaka National Medical College & Hospital. 18:24-28
ISSN:	2408-8625 1815-3100
Popis:	This cross sectional study was conducted among the children aged 18 years and below at korail slum, near Gulshan Lake, Banani, Dhaka during March to June 2007 to ascertain the pattern of injuries and the risk factors associated with those injuries. Data were collected using cluster sampling technique. The total numbers of children under study in the surveyed house-holds were 486 and out of them 210 were injured. The prevalence of injury was, therefore, 43.2% or 432 per 1000 children. Nearly half (47%) of the participants were between 10-15 years of age and only about 2% were 15-18 years. The mean age was 8.8 ±3.4 years and the lowest and highest ages were 6 months and 17 years respectively. Male-female ratio was almost 1:1 and injury rate did not vary at all with respect to sex. The highest injury rate was observed among
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