Years of Life Lost because of Premature Death due to Intentional and Unintentional Accidents in Ghazvin Province from ۲۰۰۴ till ۲۰۰۸

Background: Accidents are the second cause of death in Iran and one of the significant challengesin public health. They can affect people in all ages. In this study, we try to calculate years of lifelost due to intentional and unintentional injuries, which is considered as one of the main indicatorsfor prioritizing public health problems.Methods: This study is a practical cross sectional survey research HSR (health system research)that uses secondary analysis on the death data of Ghazvin province. The calculations also take intoaccount the WHO standards in age group, sex and years of life lost (YLL) due to death.Results: This study showed that the unintentional accidents were the leading cause of death basedon YLL from ۲۰۰۴ until ۲۰۰۸ in Ghazvin province. The number of deaths due to intentional andunintentional accidents was ۳۷۹۶ deaths as of which ۲۹۵۴ (۷۷.۸%) was male and ۸۴۲ (۲۲.۲%)female. In general three quarter of the YLL due to early death relates to accidents for males and lessthan a quarter relates to accidents for females. Between ۲۰۰۴ until ۲۰۰۸, the maximum number ofyears of life lost (YLL) in both sexes is for the age group of ۱۵ to ۴۹.Conclusion: Considering the high level of years of life lost (YLL) due to accident in thisprovince, especially in men, more appropriate interventions for the more risk prone age groups andmale in general need to be taken into account.