モザンビークの地雷による死傷者数
A Ascherio1, R Biellik, A Epstein
1Harvard School of Public Health, Boston, MA, USA.
Lancet (London, England)
|September 16, 1995
まとめ
モザンビークの地雷は依然として大きな犠牲者を引き起こすものであり,世帯調査によると,負傷率と死亡率は,これまで予想されていたよりも高い. この研究は,地雷が女性や子どもを含む民間人に対して,深刻で継続的な影響を及ぼしていることを強調しています.
科学分野:
- 公衆衛生は公衆衛生である.
- エピデミオロジー エピデミオロジー
- ヒューマニタリー・スタディズ 人道学研究
背景:
- モザンビークの地雷は,紛争解決後も長く死傷者を引き起こす継続的な脅威となっている.
- 現存する病院データでは,地雷被害者の真の負担を過小評価している可能性が高い.
- 以前の評価では,民間人への影響に関する包括的なデータが欠けていた.
研究 の 目的:
- モザンビークの民間人における地雷による負傷と死亡率の頻度と重さを評価する.
- 病院で治療された症例を超えて地雷の影響のより正確な推定を提供するために.
- 地雷被害者の人口分布を理解するために.
主な方法:
- 1994年3月にマニカとメトゥチラ (ソファラ州) で実施された世帯調査.
- データ収集は地雷による負傷,死亡,截肢率に焦点を当てた.
- 人権のための医師団 (PHR) は,調査のための医療チームを集めました.
主要な成果:
- 犠牲者の比率は,マニカとメトゥチラでそれぞれ1000人あたり8.1と16.7であった.
- 肢切断の発生率は,マニカでは1000人当たり3.2人,メトゥチラでは1000人当たり2.3人でした.
- 死亡率は48%で,犠牲者の68%が民間人であり,しばしば対人地雷によって負傷した (81%).
結論:
- モザンビークにおける地雷の影響は,現在のデータによって大幅に過小評価されています.
- 家計調査は,地雷に関連する被害の真の範囲について重要な洞察を提供します.
- 地雷による継続的な人道的危機に対処するために,緊急の介入が必要である.
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