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Arch Iran Med. 27(1):50. doi: 10.34172/aim.2024.09

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Reply to Comments on the "Mortality Rate and Years of Life Lost Due to Burns in Southern Iran During 2004–2019: A Population-Based Study"

Habibollah Azarbakhsh 1, * ORCID logo, Leila Moftakhar 2 ORCID logo, Seyed Sina Dehghani 3 ORCID logo, Jafar Hassanzadeh 4 ORCID logo, Seyed Parsa Dehghani 5 ORCID logo, Alireza Mirahmadizadeh 6 ORCID logo

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1Student Research Committee, Shiraz University of Medical Sciences, Shiraz, Iran
2Student Research Committee, Shiraz University of Medical Sciences, Shiraz, Iran
3School of Medicine, Shiraz University of Medical Sciences, Shiraz, Iran
4Research Center for Health Sciences, Institute of Health, Department of Epidemiology, Shiraz University of Medical Sciences, Shiraz, Iran
5School of Medicine, Shiraz University of Medical Sciences, Shiraz, Iran
6Non-Communicable Diseases Research Center, Shiraz University of Medical Sciences, Shiraz, Iran

*Corresponding Author: Habibollah Azarbakhsh, Email: azarbakhshhabibollah@gmail.com

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Cite this article as: Azarbakhsh H, Moftakhar L, Dehghani SS, Hassanzadeh J, Dehghani SP, Mirahmadizadeh A. Reply to comments on the "mortality rate and years of life lost due to burns in southern Iran during 2004–2019: a population-based study". Arch Iran Med. 2024;27(1):50. doi: 10.34172/aim.2024.09


Reply,

We thank Rostami et al1 for their valuable advice in the recent report published in Archives of Iranian Medicine.

Considering that the population of the age group of 15–29 years is more than the population under the age of 5, one of the possible reasons is the high number of deaths in this age group.

There are two primary sources to obtain mortality information in Iran, including the Electronic Death Registration System (EDRS) from the Ministry of Health and Medical Education (MOHME) and, at the national level, the National Organization for Civil Registration (NOFCR). In Iran, first, trained physicians report deaths and then codify the causes of death according to the national protocol and the International Classification of Diseases (ICD). Afterward, hospitals, local health centers, cemeteries, and forensic organizations report these data monthly to the Death Registration Committee, reducing the possibility of undercounting and errors.

Burn deaths and self-immolation are coded differently, although self-immolation may be underestimated. However, the necessary checks have been performed, and this possibility has been minimized.


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References

  1. Mirahmadizadeh A, Moftakhar L, Dehghani SS, Hassanzadeh J, Dehghani SP, Azarbakhsh H. Mortality rate and years of life lost due to burns in Southern Iran During 2004–2019: A population-based study. Arch Iran Med. 2023.26(4):205-211. 10.34172/aim.2023.31.
Submitted: 10 Nov 2023
Accepted: 22 Nov 2023
First published online: 01 Jan 2024
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