Introduction:

the term unintentional injury in the scientific literature is relatively new; the most used meaning has been “accident”.

Objective:

to Describe the epidemiological characteristics of unintentional injuries in children under 15 years of age and the prognosis for the year 2020.

Methods:

an observational, descriptive, ambispective study was carried out in children under 15 years of age treated at the "General Milanés" Provincial Pediatric Teaching Hospital in Bayamo, Granma, in the period 2004-2019. The sample consisted of 17,595 patients. Descriptive statistics were used: for the processing of the information obtained (mean, standard deviation).

Results:

the average rate in the period 2004-2019 was 0.7446 per 1000 inhabitants, the male sex predominated, exceeding 50% of the casuistry in each year, there was a predominance of patients in the health area that attends the polyclinic ″René Vallejo Ortiz″ (n=5,314, for 30.20%), followed by those attended by the ″Bayamo Oeste″ polyclinic (n=4,484, for 25.48%), contusion was the most frequent unintentional injury (12,644 patients 71.86%); followed by wounds (2550 patients; 14.49%). The highest number of unintentional injuries occurred in the first two quarters of the year.

Conclusions:

there was a predominance of the male sex, the group from 1 to 4 years old and the health area served by the ″René Vallejo″ polyclinic. Contusions, followed by wounds, were the most frequent unintentional injuries; most of the patients did not require hospital admission. The seasonal patteern was almost homogeneous, with a stable trend of that salt event.

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