Home Accidents in Shiraz during a 3-year Period (2000-2002)

Abstract

Introduction: To the best of authors’ knowledge, to date, no systematic study has been carried out in Shiraz to assess the extent, frequency, causes and major outcome(s) of home accidents in rural and urban areas of this city. Additionally, no comparative study has been undertaken to evaluate the trend of these accidents over a period of time, and finally, the morbidity and mortality rates of these accidents are unknown. The current study was, therefore, undertaken to address some of these issues.