Correction to: Injury-related deaths before and during the Islamic State insurgency - Baghdad, Iraq, 2010-2015
| Autor: | Abdul-Salam Saleh Sultan, Oleg O. Bilukha, Matthew Goers, Eva Leidman, Ahmed Hassan |
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| Rok vydání: | 2020 |
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medicine.medical_specialty
Health (social science) Conflict media_common.quotation_subject lcsh:Special situations and conditions MEDLINE Explosions Criminology Interpersonal violence State (polity) Political science Islamic state Epidemiology medicine media_common Insurgency Traffic accidents Unintentional injuries lcsh:RC952-1245 Public health Published Erratum Research lcsh:Medical emergencies. Critical care. Intensive care. First aid Public Health Environmental and Occupational Health Health services research Injury mortality Islam lcsh:RC86-88.9 Assaults Iraq Gunfire |
| Zdroj: | Conflict and Health Conflict and Health, Vol 14, Iss 1, Pp 1-1 (2020) |
| ISSN: | 1752-1505 |
| Popis: | Background Following a period of low intensity conflict during 2009–2012, the emergence of the Islamic State of Iraq and Levant (or Islamic State) in 2013 was associated with a resurgence of violence in Baghdad, Iraq’s capital and largest city. We evaluated trends in injury-related deaths in Baghdad before and during the Islamic State insurgency. Methods Iraqi National Injury Mortality Surveillance System prospectively collects information on fatal injuries from governorate coroner offices using standardized reporting forms. Trained coroner clerks collect information on victim demographics, intention of injury and mechanism of injury during medical examinations using reports from police and families. We analyzed data on all deaths reported by the Baghdad Forensic Institute from January 1, 2010 to December 31, 2015. Results There were 17,555 injury-related deaths with documented intent and mechanism (range 2385–3347 per year): 6241 from gunfire (36%), 1381 explosions (8%), 1348 non-gunfire assaults (8%), 3435 traffic accidents (20%), and 5150 other unintentional injuries (29%). Rates of gunfire (23.45 per 100,000) and explosion (5.90 per 100,000) deaths were significantly higher in 2014 than in all other years during the review period (p |
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