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All roads must lead to safety. This is the battlecry of the Department of Health (DOH) as it urges the public to take precautions against common accidents and injuries now that more people are flocking to local tourist destinations as summer vacation for schools start.

The DOH also found it fitting to release the initial reports of the newly-installed National Electronic Injury Surveillance System (NEISS), a web-based system that will electronically capture injury-related data from 65 participating government and private hospitals in the country.

The NEISS registered a total of 6,503 injury cases for the period August to December 2009. Nearly 60% of the total cases occurred in the 15-44 years old age group. Children less than five years accounted for 7.3% and the elderly or 65 years and over accounted for 2.8%.

There were more male victims (71.3%) than females (28.7%), a ratio of almost 3:1. Majority of those who sustained injuries were Filipinos (99.5%), with other nationalities making up the remaining miniscule portion.

The highest number of injuries occurred in Regions XI (Davao) and III (Central Luzon) with 39.6% and 33.5% respectively. Injury cases were highest in December (30.9%) and in October (28.1%). December was a holiday season where traveling and partying were common, while the entire Luzon was hit by a series of calamities in October.

More than two-thirds (67%) of the total injury cases were unintentional or accidental and around 30% were intentional. Close to 15% were cases of multiple injuries. The most common types of injury were abrasion (38.5%), open wound/laceration (33.8%) and contusion (22.2%).

Leading the list of internal causes of registered injuries were transport/vehicular accidents (27.7%), followed by mauling incidents (24.5%). There were also cases of injuries caused by sharp objects (10.1%) bites and stings (4.8%), burns (1%), chemical substances (0.2%), hanging and strangulation (0.1%) and drowning (0.05%).

Most of the injuries occurred on the road (41.1%), with 16.7% occurring at home. 33.8% of the cases had unspecified place of occurrence.

A considerable number of injury cases (56.1%) had no record of the victim’s activity at the time of the incident, but among those whose activities were recorded, 12.7% of the injuries were leisure-related and 7.3% work-related.

Majority of the victims (99.7%) reached the hospital alive and only 0.26% were pronounced dead on arrival. Nearly 80% of the victims were discharged after being treated at the ER or OPD and 8.1% were eventually admitted for further treatment. Among those admitted, the condition of 16% improved while 0.2% eventually died.

From the 6,503 injury cases, a total of 1,802 were caused by transport/vehicular accidents. Collision incidents accounted for 30.3% of these. More cases occurred in December (32.7%) and almost two-thirds (62.4%) occurred between 8:00 am and 7:59 pm.

More males (73%) were involved than females (27%). More people from the 15-44 years old age group were also involved (60.4%). Motorcycles, tricycles and bicycles were the most commonly involved modes of transport (41.4%), while 12% of the victims were pedestrians.

Only 7.3% of those injured while riding motorcycles used helmets. A similarly dismal percentage of victims (6.9%) wore seatbelts inside a car, van or bus. Driving under the influence of alcohol/liquor (13.2%) topped the list of risk factors for transport/vehicular-accident related injuries. Majority of the injured reached the hospital alive (99.72%), while 60% of those who were pronounced dead on arrival were riding a motorcycle.

According to Health Secretary Esperanza Cabral

These kinds of accidents and injuries are preventable if we give road safety the attention it rightfully deserves. We urge the national government agencies and local government units to come together to address issues concerning road users, road infrastructure and motor vehicles for our roads to be made safer

Source: DOH

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