[Domestic accidents: epidemiological aspects in a District of Bamako]

To study the epidemiological, clinical and prognostic aspects of domestic accidents in the health center of reference of one district in Bamako.

This was a cross-sectional study of domestic accidents received at the health center of reference of "commune V" in Bamako district from September 2009 to February 2010. All cases of domestic accident that came to the health center and followed up were included. The Chi² was used for the statistical test with P ≤ 0,05 considered significant.

During the study period (September 2009 to February 2010), we gathered 192 cases of domestic accident for 7425 out patients or 2.6% of the reasons for consultation. The sex-ratio was 1.49 in favor of men. The occurrence of burns was more frequent in the age group 6-14 years and 15-24 years with respectively, p= 0,002 and p= 0.00002. Overall mortality was 2.6% and all deaths were due to the burn.

Domestic accidents are frequent and take an important place in overall reasons for admission. In this context, the burn is more responsible for deaths.