Trends of Mortality of Road Traffic Accidents in Fars Province, Southern Iran, 2004 - 2010

BACKGROUND: The aim of this study was to investigate the trends in mortality from road traffic accidents (RTA) in Fars Province, southern Iran. METHODS: The Age and sex-standardized mortality rate attributed to RTA from 2004 to 2010 in Fars Province was calculated using world standard population. We...

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Autores principales: HASANZADEH, Jafar, MORADINAZAR, Mehdi, NAJAFI, Farid, AHMADI-JOUYBARY, Touraj
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Tehran University of Medical Sciences 2014
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4500428/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26175980
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Sumario:BACKGROUND: The aim of this study was to investigate the trends in mortality from road traffic accidents (RTA) in Fars Province, southern Iran. METHODS: The Age and sex-standardized mortality rate attributed to RTA from 2004 to 2010 in Fars Province was calculated using world standard population. We also used linear regression and chi-squared tests. RESULTS: Over the period of study (7 years), 12954 people died in RTA. The age- and sex-standardized mortality rate was 27 per 100,000. While the rate of death due to RTA had an incremental rate in age group 18-30 years and among women, it had a decreasing trend in age groups 35-45, under18 and among men. CONCLUSION: An increase in mortality rate of RTA among people aged 18-30 yr and women need to be addressed by health policy makers and other involved sections.

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