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Descriptive Epidemiology Of Karachi Road Traffic Crash Mortality From 2007 To 2014, Rashid Jooma, Masood Ali Shaikh

Department of Surgery

Abstract

According to World Health Organization's estimate for Pakistan, there were 25,781 (95% CI: 20,979-30582) Road Traffic Collision (RTC) fatalities in year 2013. The Road Traffic Injury Research and Prevention Center, collects RTC data on injuries and fatalities from five major public and private hospitals' emergency departments in Karachi. For the eight-year period, from 2007-2014, 9129 fatalities were recorded. Males accounted for 8008 (87.7%) all RTC fatalities. Highest number of fatalities were recorded in the 21-25 age group with 1329 (15.3%) fatalities, while fatalities in 16-30 years old, recorded 3446 (39.7%) of all fatalities out of the total 8684 records …

Perceptions Of Medical Students Regarding Dimensions Of Environmental Wellness, Shahjahan Katpar, Rakhshaan Khan, Rabia Siddiqu, Mehwish Hussain, Rehana Rehman

Department of Surgery

Abstract

OBJECTIVE:

To explore the status of awareness on environmental wellness in medical students of Karachi.

METHODS:

The cross-sectional questionnaire-based survey was carried out at Bahria University Medical & Dental College, Karachi, from January 2009 to July 2013, and comprised randomly selected medical students. The response options were; never, sometimes, mostly and always (numbered 0-4) and these were analyzed in terms of frequency, proportion and percentages by Predictive analysis software version18.

RESULTS:

Out of 800 questionnaires distributed, 736(92%) were received fully completed. There were 210(28.5%) male and 526(71.5%) female respondents, with a male-to-female ratio of 1:2.5. Female medical students were …