Study of some fatal accidents and intentional injuries in Egypt and USA [1979]

The frequencies of accidents and intentional injuries in the developing countries differ from that in the industrialized ones, consequently this comparative study was held to illustrate variation between Egypt and USA as regard the incidence and pattern of fatal accidents and interntional injuries. Data of this work were obtained from WhO records [1983] "Manual of the International Statistical Classification of Diseases. Injuries and Cause of Death, for 1979". The Egyptian figures denote that the highest rates of fatal injuries were from fire [46%] followed by motor vehicle [14.4%] and then occupational or machinery accidents [8.9%]. The pattern differ in USA as the most common fatal injuries were motor vehicle [33.8%] followed by suicide [17.6%] and homicide [14.4%]. In Egypt males are victims of accidental deaths more than females [54% and 46% respectively], while the corresponding figures in USA were 72% and 28% respectively. All ages are liable to accidents, although certain types of accidents have heavy tool in middle age persons i.e. road and machinery accidents. Deaths from violence are more common in USA than in Egypt

Tuberculosis risk factors

Tuberculosis has continued to be one of the major public health problems in many countries. Many factors are responsible for the persistance of this disease, therefore this work was directed to lay stress on these factors. The sample was taken systematically from patients attending a three agency offering services to tuberculous patients. The sample size was 200 patients while the control group comprised to 100 individuals. It was found that 77.5% of cases and 88% of controls were residing urban areas. The most frequent age among both cases and controls was from 20-39, and males were more prepondant than females. Also it was found that 65% of cases belonged to lower socioeconomic class and 20% of them were house hold contact to tuberculous patient and 30% were smoker compared to 42%, zero% and 27% in the control group respectively. Social problems were found in 22.5% of cases and in 13% in controls. Majority of patients were found to be living in poor housing conditions and 46.5% of them were below average weight, compared to 18% in control group

Case control study of impetigo

Impetigo is one of the most frequently encountered dermatologic condition, in children [Tunnessen, 1985]. A control study was undertaken to investigate some of the ecological factors, clinical manifestations and complications of Impetigo. Three hundred-seventy patients were studied. The controls children are one hundred eighty-six. Most patients were from Cairo and their age was below 6 years., the females formed a slightly higher proportion of the cases than males. Comparison between cases and controls in the socioeconomic state, presence of ecological factors helping the presence and spread of impetigo between infant and preschool children were studied. There was a strong relation between the presence of scabies, pediculosis capitis, insect bites, itching skin conditions and the occurrence of disease. The results suggested that impetigo as an infectious disease may spread from patients with active lesions to siblings or others in close contact. The results of the study concerning complications revealed that most of the complications occurred with non bullous type, while most of bullous impetigo cases had no complication. Non suppurative complication in the form of Kidney trouble did not occur in any of the different clinical types