Demographic Characteristics of People Injured By Driving Accidents and Admitted To Imam Khomeini Hospital in Urmia in 2016

Introduction: nowadays, one of the most important risks threatening the health promotion and development of thecommunity is increasing the number of driving accidents. the present study aimed to evaluate the demographiccharacteristics of the individuals injured in driving accidents and admitted to imam khomeini hospital of urmia, iran, in 2016.methods: this cross-sectional retrospective study was conducted on all road accident patients hospitalized in imamkhomeini hospital of urmia using the census method in 2016. a total of 2050 medical records were reviewed, and 2015 ofthem were included in the study. the data were collected using a checklist by which the demographic and accidental dataof the injured people were recorded. then, the data were entered into spss software (version 16) and described byfrequency distribution tables, central indices, and dispersion (e.g., as frequency and calculating the mean of findings).logistic regression was also used to investigate the factors affecting the survival of the injured subjects.results: mean age of the subjects was reported as 33.63±18.53 years. most of the injured people were male (73.2%) andself-employed (46.8%). majority of the female subjects were housewives (70.8%). in two gender groups, most accidentsoccurred on the streets and within the city. moreover, 48.1% of the injured subjects were male, and 48.1% of the femaleswere transferred to the hospital by emergency department. moreover, 56 (0.20%) injured cases died before dischargefrom the hospital.conclusions: most accidents occurred on the streets and within the city among males, as well as low-educated and selfemployedpeople. therefore, this group should be considered a priority in designing and implementing a variety ofeducational interventions.