The evaluation of relationship between disability rates and age and gender

Abstract

INTRODUCTION: In this study, medico-legal reports about 548 cases admitted for disability assessment in Van were retrospectively evaluated. It was aimed that the determination of profiles of disabilty cases in Van, and the investigation of statistical correlation between disability rates and age/sex as had not taken part in the studies in the Turkish literature. METHODS: In this study, medico-legal reports about 548 cases who admitted to two years period between 01.01.2014 and 31.12.2015 were retrospectively reviewed. These cases were evaluated according to event type, age, sex, injury date, distincs, injured body regions causes to disabilty or not disabilty, distrubution of disability rates for every body regions and general disability rates. RESULTS: 69.9% of cases were males and 30.1% were females. The injuries occured due to traffic accidents in 91.6% of cases. In 19.5% of cases, special expertise board came to a decision that there were not disability because their injuries healed whitout cause to any sequel. DISCUSSION AND CONCLUSION: In this study, there was not statistically meaningful difference in mean disability rates of both genders. However, it was determinet that mean disability rates above 40 years old were statistically meaningful higher. This finding was evaluated that there was relation between mean disability rates and aging. Together with aging, some illness such as osteoporosis, development of arthrosis, cardiac and lung diseases cause to exacerbation of damage due to trauma and inhibition of healing process.

Keywords

• disability
• disability rates
• social insurance
• sex
• age groups.