Unintentional accidents in the 0-6 age group: evidence from Turkey

Objective: This study aims to analyze the data of children in the 0-6 age group who were exposed to unintentional accidents through a data set representing Turkey.
Methods: The variables used in the analysis were obtained from the “TurkStat Health Survey” micro data set for 2016. Although there are fifteen accident types in total, the data for the two accident types were excluded from the analysis because there was no data about them. Each accident element was analyzed by frequency, rate and difference analysis. In addition, the frequency of occurrence of each accident type per hundred thousand was calculated by using the sample.
Findings: The first five accident types with the highest frequency of thirteen accident types, play-related injuries (8.7%), slips and falls (8.1%), insect bites and stings (3.4%), burns (2.9%) and foreign body aspiration (1.6%). The number of people exposed to thirteen accident types is 743 out of 2272 people. 43% of the people exposed to the accident applied for treatment. The frequency of occurrence of all accidents per hundred thousand is 3318.9.
Conclusions: According to the results of the research, the authorities directing the health policy should make an emergency action plan for the types of accidents with the highest frequency and the most sequelae.