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Abrupt increase of the height transport and public traffics due to development of the domestic industry and the automation of the farming tools due to argicultural mechanization increased the traumatic patients annually. And, the loss of the life, working capacity, means and following direct and indirect enormous medical fee payment became a significant social problems. We have made a retrospective study of 726 cases of the traumatic patients who were visited to our department of Emergency Room of Chonbuk National University Hospital from Sep. 1987 to Aug. 1988 after traumatic accidents. It was considered necessary to find out some preventive measures whIch could obtained from the epidemiologic facts. In this study, we have find out such facts; 1. Second decade of age group showed the highest numbers of accident victims, as much as 22.2 % and children group showed 17.5 %. 2. Skull of the body showed the highest frequency of trauma involved region. as much as 36.8 % according to the regIonal distribution in the body and lower extremities showed 24.6 %. 3. On day, highest occurence was during evening (18 Hr-21 Hr) (21.3 %), and afternoon (I5 Hr-18 Hr) (17.8%) coinciding with the time for home bound traffic after work. 4. Casualities showed maximum occurence during the Autumn (34.7 %) and Spring (27 %) coinciding with picnic season. 5. In the kinds of vehicles, the private taxi showed the increased accident rate, as much as 22.3 % and farm machine group showed the 4.6 %.
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