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Years of life lost [YLL] was designed by the World Health Organization [WHO] to measure and analyze the burden of various diseases. Intentional and unintentional injuries, is the second cause of death in Iran. Since there is little know about the burden of injuries, this study designed to measure YLL in this group as a key indicator of population health and priority setting in health. Years of life lost was calculated based on death data from Death Registration System in Mazandaran province. During the year 1387 in Mazandaran province, 39, 421 years lost due to intentional and unintentional injury. 30, 498 years that related to men and 8923 years related to women. In this province injury has been the first cause of YLL in both sexes and age groups 20-24, 25-29 and 15-19 years, respectively. Considering the results of this study and the high number of years lost due to accidents in the province, especially in men, it seems that more appropriate interventions programs for at risk age group of men in province is required
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Drowning is a major and serious public health problem in the northern provinces of Iran. It has significant opportunities for prevention. The aim of this study was to review the epidemiological pattern and burden of drowning in northern area f Iran. To examine the incidence and characteristics of drowning in recreational water settings, we analyzed all available data from death registry in 2008 year in Mazandaran and Gilan provinces, located in north of Iran, through a retrospective study. Collective form was based on standard World Health Organization and then the burden of drowning was calculated. During 2008, 158 indigenous [88.6% male and 11.4% female] people from these provinces died due to drowning. The mean age of the drowned was 26.4 [SD=16.2] years. The drowning death rate was 2.9 per 100,000 population in two provinces. Most of cases [85.4%] of drowning occurred in sea and majority of death was in August [29.7 percent]. Number of years lost was 4110 equivalent of 76.1 per 100,000 respectively. Most DALYs was seen to age group 10-19 years. It is highly recommended the findings of this project should be considered for any future preventive plan by health authorizes in those provinces
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Amyloidosis is characterized by an abnormal extracellular deposition of amyloid in different organs, where it usually causes some type of dysfunction. Its cause is unknown. Five different types of amyloidosis have been described according to the underlying disease; immunoglobulin amyloidosis, familial amyloidosis, senile systemic amyloidosis, secondary amyloidosis and hemodialysis-associated amyloidosis. We report a case of hemodialysis-associated amyloidosis in a 56-year-old man that radionuclide imaging demonstrated intense uptake of Tc-99m MDP within the myocardium. The diagnosis of amyloidosis was established by analysis of aspirated abdominal fat, although other non- invasive modalities didn't reveal any positive findings. The first clue to the possible presence of amyloidosis in this case was provided by the radionuclide bone scan performed, which revealed intense tracer uptake in the heart suggesting amyloid deposit. We conclude that in cases of extraosseous accumulation of Tc-99 MDP especially as a diffuse pattern of myocardial uptake, a diagnosis of amyloidosis should be considered, in an appropriate clinical setting