ABSTRACT
Purpose: to kick away epidemiological profile of traffic accidents at the child in the region of Tunis
Patient and methods: It is about a retrospective study of 1191 files concerning children aged between 0 to15 years, victims of public highway accident admitted to the emergency of the institution of the Paediatric Surgery [B] between 1st January and 31 December 2003
Results: The age bracket the most concerned was that of children aged between 4 and 8 years [53.5 per cent]. Twice on three, the victim was a male [63 per cent]. The accidents were more frequent in spring and graver during the weekend. Three peaks of frequency were noted during the day; at twelve o'clock, at 15 p.m and 18 p.m. The victims became especially from the most unfavourable cities of the the capital, 98.6 per cent were pedestrians. The light care was responsible for 77 per cent of accidents. In 84 percent of cases, the driver having caused accident alerted the helps. The transport was not medically in 70 per cent of cases. The cranio-cerebral region was the most concerned in this series [66 per cent], while the thoraco-abdominal region was interested in 28.7 percent and members in 21.2 percent of cases. 11.68 per cent were hospitalized. The rate of death represents 1.1 per cent of patients. Neurological after-effects represented 1/4 of observed after-effects
Conclusion: The analysis of results every year conclude at the decrease of the traffic accident generally, contrasting with an increase of grave accidents responsible for a more important number of death and this at the same time as the increase of the number of vehicles on the road in Tunisia. We conclude to the importance of the prevention and the amelioration of the quality of the coverage to be begun by, the improvement of the conditions of collection and the implementation of structures of reception multi-field