The Study of the Elderly Accidents in Kerman Province on 2006-9

Objectives: The elders just like the other age groups can be injured or dead in the cause of accident although because of their physical conditions and their age they got a little attention and care. The aim of this study was description of elderly trauma in Kerman province. Methods & Materials: The study was designed as a cross sectional and it examines 11120 persons that are 60 years old and above from 282618 traumatic cases registered in 2006-2009 in Kerman province (except Rafsanjan city). Data were analyzed using t-Test and Chi-Square. Results: From all the examined persons 63% belongs to male and 37% belongs to female. The mean age of examined persons is 69.05(&plusmn;7.97) years old.The most common trauma belonged to traffic accidents (25.3%) then it comes to Trauma (18.6%) and fall (11.1%). Most of the accidents happened in home (41.7%), alleys and streets (30.2%) in the second place .From all of the injured cases, 91 of them (0.82%) are dead. Data assessment indicates that the injured females were elder than males (P<0.05), the dead injured also elder from alive persons (P<0.01). The most common cause of the injuries in males were traffic accidents and violence, and for females were fall, poisoning, scorpion and snake bites (P<0.001). There was significant difference in the place that accident happened for male and female (P