Time Trend, Different Patterns and Distribution of Skull Fractures in Road Traffic Accidents
Abstract
choosing this research to assess the relationship between mortality increases in Last year's and skull fractures in road traffic accidents.
Methodology: This is cross _sectional, analytical study conducted at Al-Nasiriyah city in mortuary of forensic medicine – Al-Hussain teaching hospital- Thi_Qar health directorate. The average number of head injury cases autopsies in the mortuary of forensic medicine in, Thi_Qar for period of last two years was considered as the baseline.
Results: trend in the types of fractures has remained almost the same during both 2021 and 2022. But there was (132.2%) increase in the number of different types of cars registered in in 2022 in comparison with that of 2021.
Conclusion: RTAs casualties and fatalities show increases during 2022 compared to that of 2021. The number of registered imported cars increased in parallel by (132.2%) during the same period _The most common types of casualties were skull fractures followed by lower limb fractures. Male preponderance was evident all through. _The commonest registered cause of RTAs was high speed followed by bad quality of roads and weather.
How to Cite
Prof. Dr. Ibrahim Saeed Gataa *, prof. Dr. Ali Abed Saadoon , Hajer Salah Abed Kamil . (2023). Time Trend, Different Patterns and Distribution of Skull Fractures in Road Traffic Accidents. Advance Research Journal of Medical and Clinical Science , Vol. 9 No. 08 (2023): Advance Research Journal of Medical and Clinical Science , 1176-1179 .
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