Epidemiology of head injury in Kerman

This cross-sectional study was carried out during the year ۱۹۹۰ at Shahid Bahonar hospital of Kerman. During this period ۱۳۵۰ patients were admitted, ۵۳℅ of whom were below the age cases occurring between ۳ to ۷ pm. The highest rate of admission was in summer. The average stay at the hospital was ۷.۲ days and the mortality rate in these patients was ۸.۱۴℅ , twenty four of whom (۲۲.۲℅) expired a few minutes after admission. Out of the total number of admitted patient ۱۰۶(۷.۸℅) had a surgical operation.