RESUMO
There were 33,256 new patients being treated for various injuries in the Devision of Traumatology, Department of Surgery, Siriraj Hospital in 1988. The males to females ratio was 2:1. The ages ranged from seven days to ninety-nine years, with the most frequent range encountered between 21-30 years (30.30%). The most common injuries was household accident (45.36%) followed by traffic accident (29.82%). The patients with traffic accidents and more severe injury than the household ones. Over one-half of the traffic injuries (63.03%) were from motorcycle. Among patients with severe injuries, 131 died on arrival at the emergency room, 1,512 were admitted for further treatment while 325 being transferred to other hospitals due to limited number of beds. Those with traffic accidents occupied almost one-half of the admission beds.