WORLD JOURNAL OF ADVANCE
HEALTHCARE RESEARCH

*Zena Sattar Hadi, Akeel Kadhum Abd-Ali and Talib Jaleel Jihad

ABSTRACT

Background: Road Traffic injuries have been an important cause of morbidity and mortality. They are the ninth leading cause of death and burden of disease worldwide. 90% are in developing countries. World Health Organization reported that Iraq considered being the fourth country worldwide regarding the high incidence of road traffic accident. The study aims to determine the incidence and to describe the pattern of the Road Traffic injuries in Najaf Governorate during the 2012. Method: February–May 2013 cross-sectional research. The Najaf health directorate's statistic section analysed all road traffic injury cases treated in the emergency department of Al-Sadr's medical city, Najaf's major hospital, and hospitalised cases in all Najaf governorate hospitals in 2012. The operating department of Najaf health directorate, Al-Sader medical city police station, and forensic medicine unit submitted data. Najaf residents only had road traffic injuries. Analysis employed descriptive tools. Tables, graphs, and statistical analyses presented data. Results: In 2012, Al-Sadr Medical City recorded 4867 road traffic injuries, 315 of which were fatal. 66% were men. 1.9:1 male-female ratio. 718.9 and 23.9 deaths per 100,000 people, respectively. Road traffic injuries injured 48.7% of those aged 15–44 (P