Evaluation of electrical injury in East Azarbaijan Province, Iran

Electrical injury is a worldwide health issue. In this research we studied the epidemiology and demography of electrical injury in the north-west of Iran.
This is a cross sectional, descriptive study conducted in 2008-2011 in the burn center of Sina Hospital, Tabriz, East Azarbaijan, Iran. All patients with all kinds of electrical injuries were included in this study.
The participants consisted of 229 patients; 204 (89.1%) men and 25 (10.9%) women. Moreover, from among these cases the injury of 2 people was fatal and the others were treated.
Based on the findings of our study and other studies, which showed a higher incidence of electrical injury in young people and in the workplace, we need to visit workers in the workplace and perform prevention programs.