Original Article
Epidemiology of Injuries in Kashmir - A Population based Cross Sectional Study
Author(s):
Rabbanie Tariq Wani*, S Muhammad Salim Khan, Hibba Dar, Inaamul Haq and Mariya Amin Qureshi
Background: More than 5 million people die each year as a result of injuries. This accounts for 9% of the world’s deaths, nearly 1.7 times the number of fatalities that result from HIV/ AIDS, tuberculosis and malaria combined. Despite growing awareness of the magnitude of the problem, attention to injury and violence prevention and control among policymakers and those funding global public health programming remains disproportionately low. This kind of study was conducted first time in Indian side of Kashmir. Even the World Health Organization has no data on prevalence of injuries in Jammu & Kashmir. Aims & Objectives: 1. To determine the prevalence of injuries among Kashmiri population in district Srinagar. 2. To find out the pattern of injuries in the study population. 3. To identify various risk factors as.. Read More»
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