Mortality from road traffic accidents in a rapidly urbanizing Chinese city: A 20-year analysis in Shenzhen, 1994–2013

Xie, Shao-Hua; Wu, Yongsheng; Liu, Xiaojian; Fu, Yingbin; S, Li; Ma, Hongxia; Zou, Fei; Cheng, Jinquan

doi:10.1080/15389588.2015.1035370

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“…In comparison to the Third National Retrospective Survey on Causes of Death in 2004–2005 [16, 17], the injury mortality rate had decreased in Guangdong Province, with similar tendency to that of the national and other areas [5, 7, 11, 18]. In the past decade, the declining trend of injury mortality may be due to the enforcement of the Traffic Safety Law which provides punishments for both “driving while intoxicated” and “driving after drinking alcohol” in China [19–23].…”

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Epidemiological characteristics of injury mortality in Guangdong Province, China, 2015

Meng

et al. 2019

BMC Public Health

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BackgroundAs the fourth leading cause of death, injury is an important public health concern in Guangdong Province, China. The epidemiological characteristics of injury mortality is changing along with the social development. This study described the epidemiological characteristics of injury mortality in Guangdong Province by analyzing the death surveillance data in a few areas in Guangdong Province in 2015.MethodsUsing the mortality data from the Disease Surveillance Points (DSP) system, injury deaths were classified according to the International Classification of Disease-10th Revision (ICD-10). The data were stratified by areas (urban/rural), gender, age groups, injury types, and then overall and type-specific injury mortality rates were estimated for the whole Guangdong Province, China.ResultsWe estimated that about 38,200 individuals died from injury in Guangdong Province in 2015, producing a mortality rate of 43.11/100,000. The overall age-standardized injury mortality in men was higher in rural areas compared with urban areas (41.29/100,000 versus 24.89/100,000). In terms of injury intent, unintentional injuries were the commonnest injury type, which accounted for 83.93% of the overall injury deaths, however, the deaths caused by suicide should not be ignored, which occupied 12.67% of the total injury deaths. In terms of injury cause type, falls, road-traffic accidents, suicide, drowning, and accidental poisoning were the top five leading types of injury deaths.ConclusionsIn Guangdong Province, injury is an important cause of death. Road-traffic accidents, falls, suicide, drowning, and accidental poisoning should be the priorities of intervention. Moreover, in rural areas, the men were the most targeted subpopulation of the prevention activities.

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Epidemiological characteristics of injury mortality in Guangdong Province, China, 2015

Meng

et al. 2019

BMC Public Health

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“…Convergent data were found in the study by Quitian-Reyes et al 13 , in which 79% of the affected population were men. Xie et al 15 identified a prevalence of 71.3% of men in this population.…”

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Mortalidade por acidentes de trânsito, antes e após redução da velocidade média de veículos automotores na cidade de SãoPaulo, Brasil, no período de 2010 a 2016

Leitão

Bezerra

Santos

et al. 2019

J. Hum. Growth Dev.

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Introduction:Traffic accidents represent a relevant global public health problem and are associated with behavioral factors, vehicle maintenance, urban space precariousness and traffic surveillance. They are important causes of morbidity and mortality due to the increasing number of vehicles and changes in lifestyle and risk behaviors in the general population.Objective: To analyze mortality numbers due to land transport accidents reported in the city of São Paulo, Brazil, before and after the decline of average speed of motor vehicles. Methods:A study of temporal series was carried out using official database provided by the Sistema de Informação sobre Mortalidade. Data was collected according to the type of occurrence and place of residence in São Paulo, SP, Brazil. and 2016). The data was calculated based on plain death rate and standardized, for gender and age group. The measures of mortality were used for the construction of temporal series by the regression model of Prais-Winsten. All the analysis were made through the statistics program Stata 14.0. Results:Reportedly, 7288 deaths occurred due to land accidents in São Paulo, the state's capital, between 2010 and 2016. The higher proportion of deaths happened between men with age between 20-49 years, brownish skin color, marital status single, between 4 e 7 years of study. 72.55% of deaths happened within of hospitals and/ or other health establishments. The deaths ranged 1.200 in 2010 and went down to 779 in 2016. The standard mortality for transport accidents between 2010 and 2016 fluctuated from 10.04 to 6.29 for every 100 thousand inhabitants. Conclusion:There was a decrease in deaths related to traffic accidents in individuals over 20 years of age. After the reduction of the average speed of motor vehicles in the city of São Paulo, the decline in mortality due to traffic accidents was more pronounced among individuals aged 50 years or older, with significant differences for men and women. Why was this study done?The objective of this study was to evaluate traffic accident mortality in the city of São Paulo, before and after the reduction of the average speed of motor vehicles. Thus, the study was done to evaluate the longitudinal effect of intervention of a health policy on mortality due to traffic accidents between men and women and age groups during 2010-2016. What did the researchers do and find?The researchers developed an ecological time-series study using the Prais-Winsten regression model for interrupted time series and segmented regression analysis. This statistical analysis is considered the most effective non-experimental resource to evaluate the longitudinal effect of health interventions. Thus, a reduction in deaths related to traffic accidents was observed in individuals over 20 years of age. After reducing the average speed of motor vehicles in the city of São Paulo, the decline in mortality due to traffic accidents was more pronounced among individuals aged 50 years or more, with differences for men and women. What do these findings mean?...

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“…There have been similar descending trends observed in other parts of Iran, especially in the Fars and Khuzestan Provinces (7,13). There was also a significant decrease of mortalities due to traffic accidents reported in China over a period of 20 years (14). These decreases show that the police have performed adequately despite population growth and increases in traffic; laws enforcing the use of safety belts have been remarkably effective in this regard.…”

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Trend of Years of Life Lost Due to Road Traffic Injuries in Kermanshah Province (2009 - 2014)

Khoramdad¹,

Izadi²,

Najafi³

2016

Trauma Mon

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Background: Remarkably, one of the main causes in different societies affecting increases in years of life lost due to premature death (YLL) is death due to road traffic injuries (RTIs), which usually occurs at an earlier age in life. Objectives: This study aimed to determine the trends of YLL due to road traffic injuries in Kermanshah Province during the years 2009-2014. Methods: This study relied on census data from forensic medicine reports. YLL related to RTIs were calculated according to the global burden of disease (GBD) 2010 guidelines, and the age and sex demographics of the population were obtained from the Governor General's Office records for 2009-2014. The external causes of death were determined using the international classification of diseases (ICD-10) codes. To assess the YLL trend and its significance, negative binomial regression through the use of Stata 11 was implemented. Results: The mean age of the 3,231 subjects studied was 39.83 ± 21.27 years. A total of 78.4% of the subjects were males. The average number of fatal RTIs in the six-year period was 27.8 per 100,000 persons. The YLL rate was 149,995 (76.5 per 1000) including both sexes. The YLL rates due to premature mortality were 118,393 (119.8 per 1000) for males, and 31,602 for females (32.5 per 1000). The highest YLL rates for both sexes were in the age group of 15-44 years. The six-year trend of YLL due to premature mortality was therefore descending; with respect to the incremental period of one year, the YLL decreased by 7% on average (β =-0.07; CI:-0.09,-0.05). Conclusions: Despite the decrease in the mortality and YLL rates due to TRIs in recent years, these figures are different from the global numbers; therefore, there needs to be some serious intervention.

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Mortality from road traffic accidents in a rapidly urbanizing Chinese city: A 20-year analysis in Shenzhen, 1994–2013

Cited by 17 publications

References 16 publications

Epidemiological characteristics of injury mortality in Guangdong Province, China, 2015

Epidemiological characteristics of injury mortality in Guangdong Province, China, 2015

Mortalidade por acidentes de trânsito, antes e após redução da velocidade média de veículos automotores na cidade de SãoPaulo, Brasil, no período de 2010 a 2016

Trend of Years of Life Lost Due to Road Traffic Injuries in Kermanshah Province (2009 - 2014)

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