Epidemiology
- In United States of America, in year 1999 there were 14 420 non fatal Traumatic amputations according to American Statistical Association. Of these, 4 435 occurred as a result of traffic and transportation accidents, and 9 985 were due to labor accidents. So out of all traumatic amputations, the distribution percentage is 30.75% for traffic accidents, and 69.24% for labor accidents.
- The population of USA in 1999 was about 300 000 000, so, the conclusion is that there is one amputation per year per 20 804 persons. In the group of labor amputations, 53% occurred in laborers and technicians, 30% in production and service workers, 16% in silviculture and fishery workers.
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