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{"title":"Investigation of risk parameters in road accidents in Aras free zone","authors":"M. Alamdari","doi":"10.5249/jivr.v11i2.1335","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.5249/jivr.v11i2.1335","url":null,"abstract":"The problem of deaths and injury as a result of road accidents is now acknowledged to be a global phenomenon. As a result authorities in virtually all countries of the world are now concerned about the growth in the number of people killed and seriously injured on their roads including Aras free zone. The objective of the paper was to identify the risk factors that mainly contribute to accident and their impact on road accident. This paper applied logistic regression to accident-related data collected Aras free zone police service, traffic records in order to examine the contributing factors to accident severity. A total of 494 accident data from 2007-2011 was used. The accident severity (dependent variable) in this paper is a dichotomous variable with two categories, Fatal or Non-fatal. Among the variables obtained from police-accident reports, five independent variables namely; gender, time of accident, location of accident and reasons assigned for accident were found to be statistically significant.","PeriodicalId":32422,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Injury and Violence Research","volume":"1 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2019-10-02","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"41684101","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Road Traffic Injuries in Republic of North Macedonia","authors":"F. Tozija, S. Memeti, Anica Milenkovska","doi":"10.5249/JIVR.V12I1.1323","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.5249/JIVR.V12I1.1323","url":null,"abstract":"Background: The main objective of the study is to estimate the burden of road traffic injuries (RTI) in Republic of Macedonia and to suggest preventive measures for policy intervention. \u0000Methods: The study is designed as a retrospective cross-sectional study which analyzes data for RTI for 2015. Data from Ministry of Internal affairs, State Statistical Office, medical records for RTI and WHO HFA DB have been used. WHO standard method and software application have been applied to estimate the burden of road traffic injuries, calculating YLLs, YLDs and DALYs caused by RTI. \u0000Results: The calculation of the burden of road traffic injuries in Macedonia has been done, emphasizing their significance and complexity as a priority public health problem. The estimated burden of RTI on national level is 4 960 DALYs, out of which 3 134 are years of life lost due to premature death (YLLs) and 1 826 years of life lost due to disability (YLDs). The burden in males is three times higher than in females, ie 3 537 disability adjusted life years (71.31%). The most vulnerable age group is from 15 to 29 years, with 1 380 DALYs or 6.1 DALYs per 1 000. Speeding is the most common cause for RTI (31.46%). \u0000Conclusion: The set hypotheses have been confirmed: RTI are a serious public health problem in Macedonia and there is no significant difference between Macedonia and Europe in participation of RTIs in the total burden of disease and injury (coefficient of determination r2 = 0.41875, correlation coefficient (r) = -0.39322 and p = 0.6599; there is a significant difference in the burden of RTI between males and females (χ2 = 28, df = 1, p < 0,01) and it is the highest in the 15-29 years age group, with most of the DALYs lost. Republic of Macedonia has a National strategy for road traffic safety 2015-2020 and comprehensive laws which address most risk factors of RTI, but still their enforcement should be strengthened. Essential cooperation for coordinated multi-sectoral and multidisciplinary preventive activities of all relevant institutions is needed to implement the National strategy as a platform of the Decade of Action for Road Safety 2011-2020.","PeriodicalId":32422,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Injury and Violence Research","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2019-10-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"45346220","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Hospitalizations due injuries resultant from ground traffic accidents in Brazil from 2008 to 2016","authors":"É. Aquino, Vinícius da Silva Oliveira, Everaldo Correia de Lima Júnior, Otaliba Libânio Morais Neto","doi":"10.5249/jivr.v11i2.1322","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.5249/jivr.v11i2.1322","url":null,"abstract":"Background: In 2015, data from low and middle income countries, victims of land transportation accidents (LTA) accounted for 13 to 31% of hospital visits due to external causes, and 48% of beds in surgical wards. In addition, these individuals required more frequent attention in intensive care units, radiology and physiotherapy or rehabilitation services. In 2016, there were 337.190 LTA victims in Brazil, 94.4% of them non-fatal. Regarding the relevance of this issue, the objective of the authors is to analyze the trend of hospitalization rates by LTA in Brazilian capitals, in the period from 2008 to 2016. \u0000Methods: Data concerning hospitalizations were obtained from the Hospital Information System. Those with basic cause V01 to V89 of the ICD-10 were considered deaths by LTA. Annual IBGE population estimates was used. These data were collected from the website of the Department of Informatics of the National Health System. The specific annual rates of hospitalization for LTA were standardized by age. The Prais-Winsten method of linear regression was used to estimate the trends. P = 0.05 was used as the critical value.The analyzes were performed using the STATA 14.0 software. \u0000Results: In 2008 there were 14.2 admissions / 100 thousand people in Brazil. In 2016, 16.6 hospitalizations / 100 thousand people (17%). In 2008, the highest hospitalization rate was observed among pedestrians (5.5 hospitalizations / 100 thousand people). As early as 2016, the highest rate was noticed among motorcycle drivers (9.7 / 100,000 people). The highest percentage change was observed in the city of Palmas (from 2.9 / 100 thousand to 166.5 / 100 thousand). There was a trend of increased hospitalization rates, mainly among pedestrians and motorcycle occupants in the North and Northeast regions of the country. \u0000Conclusion: The significant impact of LTA morbidity on the Brazilian population is one of the greatest challenges for public managers today. The results of the present study may guide more effective public policies in controlling this situation.","PeriodicalId":32422,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Injury and Violence Research","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2019-10-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"43875212","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Analysis of the temporal trend for consequences of occupational accidents in Brazil (2008 to 2017)","authors":"Everaldo Correia de Lima Júnior, Vincius da Silva Oliveira, É. Aquino, N. Barros","doi":"10.5249/jivr.v11i2.1319","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.5249/jivr.v11i2.1319","url":null,"abstract":"Background: Accidents at work are those that occur in the exercise or in the course for the work activity. They can lead to death or injury, which may lead to temporary or permanent reduction of the capacity to work. In the world, there are approximately 2.3 million deaths annually and 317 million work-related accidents. Reducing these data will lead to a large decrease in the risk to human health. In low and middle income countries, occupational accidents are responsible for 18% of deaths, while in high-income countries, 5%. In this way, the objective of the present study is to analyze the temporal trend of the consequences of occupational accidents in Brazil from 2008 to 2017, in order to evaluate the impact of safety on people s lives and on government. \u0000Methods: The numerical data of the accidents were obtained from the Statistical Yearbook of Accidents of Work. Population data were available on the platform of the Brazilian Institute of Geography and Statistics. The incidence for each State of the typical, path, occupational diseases, with work accident communication, “without work accident communication” and total (liquidated) accidents in the study. Trend analysis was performed using Prais Winsten s linear regression model. The average rates of annual increase were calculated. Stata 14.0 was used for the statistical analysis of the data. \u0000Results: There was a predominance of a decreasing trend. However, in the States of the North and Northeast Regions there was a steady or even growing tendency for several indicators. There was a decreasing trend in Brazil as a whole. \u0000Conclusion: It is suggested that the predominance of reduction tendencies is related to the reduction of the Brazilian GDP. However, future public policies must address the problems observed mainly in the North and Northeast regions of the country.","PeriodicalId":32422,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Injury and Violence Research","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2019-09-28","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"47612311","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Prevalence of nonuse of helmet and seat belt and distracted driving on national highway in Pakistan","authors":"A. Khoso","doi":"10.5249/jivr.v11i2.1295","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.5249/jivr.v11i2.1295","url":null,"abstract":"Background: Pakistan is a developing country with high number of road traffic injuries. High magnitude of road traffic injuries highlights deficiencies in road traffic laws which are not at par with current safety requirements resultantly fail to address important risk factors such as distracted driving, non-use of seat belt and helmet. Purpose: - To assess effect of deficient traffic laws related of distracted driving, seat belt and helmet usage in term of estimate prevalence of different types of distractions and use of helmet by motorcycle riders and pillion riders and seat belts by the drivers and the passengers on National Highway in Pakistan that can lead to road crashes and increasing the injuries. \u0000Methods: Roadside survey was carried on N-5 National Highway to estimate number of distracted drivers, use of helmet by riders and pillion riders and use of seat belt by drivers and passengers. \u0000Results: Three types of distraction were observed i.e. Mobile Phone distraction (24%); Equipment related distraction (1%) and eating related distraction (1%) amounting to 29% of drivers distracted ;car drivers (29%), other vehicle drivers (6%), motorcyclists (3%) and trailer drivers (3%). Likewise; 64% drivers were found without seat belt, LTV drivers (85%), car drivers (74%) and truck drivers (69%). Similarly; 97% passengers were found without seat belt, LTV passengers (100%), truck passenger (99%), cars passenger (97%), Oil tanker and trailer passenger (90%). Helmet violation was high with 87.4% motorcycle riders and 100% pillion riders were found without helmet. \u0000Conclusion: Lack of enforcement due to deficient traffic laws result in RTIs in Pakistan. There is need to improve legislation on different forms of distractions, use of seat belt among passengers and helmet use by pillion riders; so that enforcement efforts can be made to address risk factors effectively to meet Decade of Action 2011-2020 targets.","PeriodicalId":32422,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Injury and Violence Research","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2019-09-23","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"43259694","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Infrastructure Related Road Safety Interventions","authors":"R. Benekohal","doi":"10.5249/jivr.v11i2.1283","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.5249/jivr.v11i2.1283","url":null,"abstract":"Approximately 1.35 million people die on the world's roads every year (That is about 3700 every day!!). Nearly half (49%) of the fatalities are pedestrians, cyclists and motorcyclists. In addition, there are 20-50 million people injured every year due to road traffic. Studies have shown that road design deficiencies largely contribute to road traffic injuries. A holistic and integrated approach to road safety must be taken to improve traffic safety. \u0000From the five Es of traffic safety (engineering, education, enforcement, emergency services, and evaluation) the emphasis is placed on infrastructure design and improvements and their roles on improving traffic safety. Traffic safety is a key factor in planning, designing and operating of a safe road network. Roadway design and traffic operation/management are key components of the 5 Es of improving traffic safety. Roadway design elements and traffic operation and management decision that directly affects roadway safety are discussed.  Actions to be taken are presented and effectiveness of infrastructure related road safety intervention are discussed.","PeriodicalId":32422,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Injury and Violence Research","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2019-09-23","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"45113353","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Study of the effect of health education based on the transtheoretical model in increasing the knowledge of the population covered by shaft Ahmadsargorab Healthcare Center to prevent drowning in 2017","authors":"Nassibe Farmani Ghasabe","doi":"10.5249/jivr.v11i2.1144","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.5249/jivr.v11i2.1144","url":null,"abstract":"Background:  Guilan province undergoes a significant number of drowning annually which is the second common cause of death after traffic accidents. So far, some efforts have been made to this end, but using health education models has been neglected in the previous studies. Therefore, we aimed to measure the impact of health education based on the transtheoretical model in increasing the knowledge of the population in the current study. \u0000Methods: In this semi-experimental research, 550 households covered by Shaft Ahmadsargorab healthcare center participated in the study in March 2017. . Initially, the knowledge level of 100 people was measured in a cross-sectional study, which was predicted to be low. After evaluating all structures of the trans-theoretical model, a pre-test was done in the total population, and the healthcare team trained the target group by a variety of teaching methods. A post-test was performed, and the results were analyzed using SPSS software. \u0000Results: The mean primary knowledge score of the population was 0.30 at the beginning of the study. The structures of the trans-theoretical model included change stages, 0.32, change process, 0.33, decision-making balance, 0.29, self-efficacy, 0.39. After doing intervention, the pre-test results changed as follows: the mean score of population knowledge became 0.85, and the structures of the trans-theoretical model changed). The number of failed drowning accidents-related reports in March 2018 compared to last year decreased by 0.60, and  no successful drowning was recorded in the study year. \u0000Conclusions: This study showed using health education models plays an important role in promoting population knowledge and preventing drowning. The results of this study can be generalized to other populations. It is hoped that this study be a starting point for paying more attention to the use of health education models to prevent drowning and promote the health of our society.","PeriodicalId":32422,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Injury and Violence Research","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2019-08-24","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"48943700","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"School zone road safety assessment using the iRAP Star Rating for Schools (SR4S) methodology in Khorasan Razavi Province","authors":"Ali Zayerzadeha, Mohsen Fallah Zavareh","doi":"10.5249/jivr.v11i2.1358","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.5249/jivr.v11i2.1358","url":null,"abstract":"Abstract: Background: Abstract Students who walk to school often have to deal with traffic, weather conditions and other distractions along the way. Every hour, nearly 150 children between ages 0 and 19 are treated in emergency departments for injuries sustained in motor vehicle crashes. More children ages 5 to 19 die from crash-related injuries than from any other type of injury. In this research road safety situation around 7 primary schools along Khorasan Razavi province rural roads were assessed using the Star Rating for Schools (SR4S) methodology. Safety improvement treatments were done in 3 schools and reassessment of schools showed meaningful safety enhancement both in allocated score and star rating. Background Road crashes have been shown to be the leading cause of death of children and young adults aged 5–29 (WHO, 2018), indicating that compared to other causes of unintentional injuries, road injuries account for more years of potential life lost (YPLL) (Gardner & Sanborn, 1990 pp. 322) for the children. Estimates show that everyday more than 500 children lose their lives due to road crashes (WHO, 2015). Star Rating for Schools (SR4S) has been claimed to be the first ever systematic and evidence-based tool developed by iRAP (International Road Assessment Programme). Methods: The method is mainly based on engineering assessment of the school area at high risk locations. However, it is challenging to detect high risk locations in the lack of road crashes or in the lack of adequate accident data. For school assessment, different data for 7 schools such as traffic volume, number of students, operational speed, road width, crossing facilities, etc were gathered and using the iRAP SR4S application safety scores calculated. Results: In selected method lower score equals safer school zone. 3 schools with highest safety assessment scores were selected for treatments implementation by local road authority. Reassessment of school zones showed significant improvement in safety scores. The safety score for Shohada, Imam Ali and Azmoodeh School were 243,192 and 65 respectively that decreased to 37, 11 and 10 after treatment. In SR4S it means the start rating for these 1-star schools has been improved to 3,4 and 2-star respectively. Conclusions: Higher star for a school zone, however, means safer provided infrastructure and facilities for school students but the behavior of road users is the factor must be considered as well and education and enforcement still have their key roles for saving more lives on the road. Keywords: Student, School zone, Safety assessment, Star rating, References gardner","PeriodicalId":32422,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Injury and Violence Research","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2019-08-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"49154354","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Effect of centerline marking on lane changing behavior of drivers","authors":"J. Edirisinghe, V. Wickramasinghe","doi":"10.5249/jivr.v11i2.1375","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.5249/jivr.v11i2.1375","url":null,"abstract":"Abstract: Background: Traffic accidents are in continuous rise on Sri Lankan roads. According to the records available at traffic headquarters, one death is reported at every 3 hour or less on Sri Lankan roads. Similar to the rest of the world, driver misbehavior contribute heavily on those road mishaps among identified reasons for common road traffic accidents in Sri Lanka, careless overtaking has recorded as the number one reason. Therefore, this paper is about a study carried out to study the effect of centerline markings on lane changing behavior of drivers. Methods: Three road segments from the Sri Lankan main roads were selected for this study. All the roads were single carriageways with one lane per direction. Out of three road segments, two were mountainous and winding and one is flat and rolling. For each road segment, non-lane changeable segments were divided into three types. They were Length less than 100 m (L1), Length between 100 m and 300 m (L2) and length greater than 300 m (L3). Vehicle movement behavior were observed using video cameras and number of overtaking were collected after the field surveys of one hour each for each kind of non- changeable lane segments. Video cameras were installed to observe vehicle movement at non- lane changeable as well as legally acceptable lane changes. With respect to non- lane changeable segments, both the beginning of non-lane changeable areas as well as the ending of non – lane changeable segments were observed. Results: Following tables are the summary of observations made based on video recordings. The next table is the summary of overtaking observed at the beginning and the end of non- lane changeable segments; According to the field measurements, it was clear that there is a high tendency for drivers to overtake when the continuous length of non-changeable road segments (single line or double line divided) is longer than 300 m. Further, chances were slightly higher when there is a bunching. Bunching is due to slow moving vehicle controlling the optimum speed of most of the other vehicles in the bunch. Conclusions: From the summarized results of this study, it is evident that drivers are forced to change the lane to overtake vehicle in front of them when the length of the non- lane changeable lane length is longer. More frequent when there is a bunching effect due to slow moving vehicles. Further, lane changing to overtake vehicles is more prominent towards the latter part of the non-lane changeable section than the beginning. It may be an indication that all the drivers are not really indiscipline in changing the lane and overtaking but they may be frustrated after driving a long distance without having opportunity to go at their comfortable speed. Therefore, introducing the overtaking lanes at regular intervals or any other such suitable measures can be an answer to such illegal lane changing to overtaking. Though there are no adequate details to prove, such overtaking may lead to a traf","PeriodicalId":32422,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Injury and Violence Research","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2019-08-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"48575766","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Incidence of fall accident in Suseong district of Daegu Metropolitan City, Republic of Korea","authors":"Jeongyee Bae, Sang-Hyun Noh, Sang-Hun Kim, Hong-Sun Song, Chang-Hyo Bae, Dong-su Han, Hyewon Lee","doi":"10.5249/jivr.v11i2.1409","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.5249/jivr.v11i2.1409","url":null,"abstract":"Abstract: Background: Among the various types of injuries in the world, falls are one of the most important health problem related issues, especially for modern societies with aged populations. Korea, a country where industrialization and urbanization have made building structures and living spaces complex, has also been facing the emerging danger of falls. So, among the causes of death due to unintended injury accidents, falls are second reason of injury worldwide following traffic accidents. Falls are important causes in increase of morbidity rates, hospitalization rates, death rates and medical fees. Falls are not unfortunate accidents rather, they are preventable and predictable. Therefore, we needs to identify the incidence and causes of falls. Objectives The purposes of this study are to identify the incidence of fall accident in Suseong district of Daegu metropolitan city and to develop the evidence based fall accident program for Suseong district. Methods: In order to identify the incidence of falls of the citizens of Suseong district, authors analyzed the annual report on the causes of death statistics from the National Statistical Office and the injury data from Fire Station 119 Rescue Activity Daily Record. As well, in order to understand the current state of falls in households, an epidemiological survey was conducted to people from 1,977 households in Suseong district by home visited. The collected data were analyzed using SPSS WIN 17.0 based on the research objectives, and the frequency and percentages were investigated. Results: According to the data from the National Statistical Office, the death rate due to falls was 4.1 people (per 100,000 persons). In terms of age, elders aged 65 and over was the highest death rate with 17.0 out of 100,000 persons. In the injury transfer rate analyzed from rescue records of 119, accidents due to falls were highest with 2.3 cases out of 1,000 persons. In terms of age, elders aged 65 and over was the highest injury rate with 9.2 out of 1000 persons. After analyzing the injury causes of the citizens of Suseong district through household visits, the highest rate of falls was 43.7%, followed by traffic accidents (24.9%) and bump injuries (21.1%). Therefore, we were able to confirm once again that the fall prevention program is a very important program for improving the safety of citizens. Housework (29.4%) was the most common cause of falls. The most common places for falls were living rooms (22.6%), followed by restrooms and entrance. Conclusions: Mortality due to falls can be reduced through education, environmental improvements, and safety policies. It is necessary to conduct preventive education for elderly people who are vulnerable to falls, and to apply gymnastic exercises that can enhance balance and lower extremity muscle strength. In addition to, it is necessary to strengthen regulations on safety facilities at the senior community center. Therefore the government and related organizations ","PeriodicalId":32422,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Injury and Violence Research","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2019-08-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"44672419","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}