Epidemiological study of road traffic accident cases

Aim: to determine the ubiquity and epidemiological factors related to the road traffic accidents victims. study design: observational descriptive study. setting: study was conducted in allama iqbal medical college and data were collected from sandeman provincial hospital quetta. duration of the study: 01-january-2003 to 31-december 2003 methods: a total of 1883 patients of road traffic accidents were admitted in hospital. a proforma was designed to record the age,sex,and distribution of victims and the identity of cases brought in. results: out of 1883 cases males 1533(81.4%) and 350 (18.1%) were females. the most frequent cases of road traffic accidents were found at the age of 31-40yrs,610(32.4%) and the most common injuries were found on head &neck,670(35.6%). conclusion: males were more commonly affected in r.t.a. as compared to females. most common age group in rta was 31-40yrs. most common region involved was head &neck.