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THE INJURY BURDEN IN UGANDA

THE INJURY BURDEN IN UGANDA. Milton Mutto Injury Control Center-Uganda. Presentation Outline. Definition Introduction The Global and Regional Burdens if disease and death The Ugandan burden of Disease and death The Ugandan Injury patterns Conclusion. Introduction.

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THE INJURY BURDEN IN UGANDA

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  1. THE INJURY BURDEN IN UGANDA Milton Mutto Injury Control Center-Uganda

  2. Presentation Outline • Definition • Introduction • The Global and Regional Burdens if disease and death • The Ugandan burden of Disease and death • The Ugandan Injury patterns • Conclusion

  3. Introduction • Everyday around the world, approximately 16,000 people die of injuries • Each death is accompanied with many other non-fatal injuries, many with permanent consequences • Injuries have huge cost implications • The costs in grief and pain are not, however, quantifiable

  4. What is an Injury? • An Injury is a bodily lesion at organic level resulting from acute exposure to energy interacting with the body in amounts or rates that exceed the threshold of physiological tolerance(Baker SP et’al 1984) • The transfer of energy at rates and in amounts above or below the tolerance of human tissue is the necessary and specific cause of injury (Robertson LS 1992)

  5. Data sources • The World health report 1999 • The MoH HMIS • The ICC-U Trauma registries

  6. AFRICA-Top 10 causes of disease 1998

  7. AFRICA-top 10 causes of death 1998

  8. AFRICA-Top 10 causes of disease and death in all ages 1998

  9. Injury Burden in Uganda • 2.2% of OPD in Sept 2003 (HMIS) • 30% of emergency admission in Mulago Hospital (Trauma registry) • Close to half of non-obstetric operating lists (Trauma registry) • 5th/6th leading cause of the disease burden in Uganda (MoH Burden of disease study 1996)

  10. Trauma registries-Top 6 causes of injury Uganda

  11. Trauma registries-Top 6 occupations represented in the injury data in Uganda

  12. Trauma registries-Top 6 places represented in the injury data in Uganda-ICC-U

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