Phayom Udomkam2011-02-242011-02-242010-01-022010-01-02Srinagarind Medical Journal (SMJ); Vol. 23 No. 2 April-June 2008; 192-9http://imsear.searo.who.int/handle/123456789/134100Background: Accidents and injuries were the leading causes of deaths in Thai children; especially they drowned and had traffics accidents. The studies of incidence, causes and outcomes of injuries in children are useful for prevention and reduction of these accidents.Objective: To study incidence, relations between sex, age and causes of accidents in children from 0 - 15 years old.Design: Retrospective descriptive StudySetting: Potharam General Hospital, RatchaburiPopulation: Eight hundred and twenty-three injured children, aged 0-15 years old, as inpatients of Potharam General Hospital, Ratchaburi province, during the year of 2004-2007.Method: The raw data were collected from inpatient’s medical records.Statistics: Descriptive statistical analysisResults: Most accidents occurred in boys, with ratio of girls and boys of 1:1.78. Leading cause of death was traffics accidents (37.2%). Most injured children were in the ages of 11-15 years (41.2 %) and 6-10 years (30.3%). Most of incidences were traffic accidents and falls. Those of the age of 1-5 years were falls, insect bites, and chemical poisonings. Three of them drowned and three died of traffic accidents.Conclusion: Children of each age group had individual specific risks of accidents. Counseling of injury prevention in children should be especially for each age group.Key words: Pediatrics accidents, incidenceen-USAcademic Affairs, Faculty of Medicine, Khon Kaen University, KhonKaen, ThailandOriginal Articles