To study incidence, epidemiological characteristics and types of domestic and leisure accidents in Castilla y Le贸n during 2009.
A descriptive study using a prospectivesample design.
Health Primary Care Centres of Castilla y Le贸n.
The Nurse Registry is made up of 130 nurses selected by conglomerates analysis. They cover 5%of the population.
The information was obtained by means of an anonymus form. The studied variables were sex, age, type, place, type and origin of the accident. A descriptive analysis was performed using 蠂2, Fischer, 蠂2 of trends and t Student tests, with 95%confidence intervals.
The annual cumulative incidence was 2651 cases/100000 inhabitants, ther being slightly higher percentage of men (50.4%). The 鈮?15 and 鈮?65 years age groups had more accidents. The time of day of 49.2%of the accidents was during the morning and 71.7%were on a working day. The majority (57.1%) took place in the home, 16,8%in the street, and 7.3%in schools. The most common accidents types were falls to the same level (40.4%) and use of cutting and sharp objects (22.7%).
Most accidents took place within the home, on a working day and by falls. The most affected were the 鈮?15 and 鈮?65 years old age groups.