Domestic Accidents Among Rural and Urban Children in Nigeria.
Abstract
Summary: Cascs of childhood domestic accidents seen at the Igbo-Ora Rural Health Centre and at the Casually Department, University College Hospital (UCH), Ibadan, over a 12-month period were studied. Domestic accidents accounted for 51.7% and 61.9% of all types of accidents at the rural health centre and UCH, respectively. There was a male preponderance. Falls were the commonest type of accidents in both the rural and urban communities, followed by cuts, insertion of foreign objects into body orifices and burns. Conversely, there was a low incidence of poisoning. It is concluded that domestic accidents are important causes of morbidity in Nigeria. There is thcrcfore, the need to establish an inter-disciplinary and comprehensive accident-prevention programme to control this emerging health problem..
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