Epidemiology of road traffic crashes in Ilam Province, Iran, 2009–2013

OBJECTIVE: Road traffic crashes (RTCs) are major public health challenges of world health systems, and the main leading cause of death in children and young adults aged 5 to 29 years. This study aimed to assess the epidemiology of RTCs in Ilam, Iran. RESULTS: The total mortality rate due to RTCs has...

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Autores principales: Mansouri Jalilian, Marzieh, Safarpour, Hamid, Bazyar, Jafar, Safi-Keykaleh, Meysam, Farahi-Ashtiani, Iman, Khorshidi, Ali
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2020
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Research Note
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7653693/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/33168075
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s13104-020-05366-x
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Sumario:OBJECTIVE: Road traffic crashes (RTCs) are major public health challenges of world health systems, and the main leading cause of death in children and young adults aged 5 to 29 years. This study aimed to assess the epidemiology of RTCs in Ilam, Iran. RESULTS: The total mortality rate due to RTCs has been increasing every year. There was a statistically significant relationship between age/sex and death or injury from RTCs in pedestrians, drivers, and passengers (p < 0.05). There was a significant relationship between the part of body trauma and RTCs in pedestrians (p < 0.001). Furthermore, a significant relationship was found between the type of vehicle and using seat belt with RTCs in drivers and passengers (p = 0.000).

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