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Abbasi Z, Shafaee H, Vafaeinezhad R, OstadTaghizadeh A, Asadi M, Hedjazi A. Eleven Year Trend of Road Traffic Accident Mortality and Related Factors in Northeast Iran (2006–2016). Journal title 2022; 1 (4) :33-39
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Zahra Abbasi 
, Hojjat Shafaee , Reza Vafaeinezhad , Abbas OstadTaghizadeh , Mahboubeh Asadi , Arya Hedjazi
, Hojjat Shafaee , Reza Vafaeinezhad , Abbas OstadTaghizadeh , Mahboubeh Asadi , Arya Hedjazi
Department of Nursing, School of Nursing and Midwifery, Torbat Heydariyeh University of Medical Sciences, Torbat Heydariyeh, Iran , shafaeeh1@gmail.com
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Every year, Road Traffic Accidents (RTAs) kill 1.2 million people worldwide. Deaths, injuries, and disabilities caused by RTAs are serious public health concerns that have not been adequately addressed. This study aimed to determine the 11-year trend of RTA deaths in northeast Iran and related factors.
This was a descriptive-analytic study. Relevant data were obtained from the Iranian Legal Medicine Organization. All data were based on the classification and coding of the ICD10 causes of death. Descriptive information of variables was analyzed using the SPSS software package (ver. 22). Trend line charting and forecast function were also predicted by using Microsoft Excel 2013 software package. Research variables included contextual variables, impact location, accident location (urban or non-urban), accident mechanism, deceased status, place of death, accident and death times, type of vehicle, and final cause of death.
A total of 17511 individuals, including 12709 (75.7%) males and 4080 (24.3%) females, died. The mean age of the deceased was 38.64±22.28. About half the people died at the scene. Most of the deaths were among drivers, followed by passengers and pedestrians. The forecast function predicts a downward trend in RTA deaths over the next five years (from 2006 to 2016). There was a significant relationship between the location of the injury and the cause of death (p <0.001). In the early years of the study, the cause of death mainly was bleeding and, in recent years, head injuries. This study showed that despite the increase in population and number of vehicles, the rate of RTA deaths has decreased and will continue to do so. However, due to the multifactorial causes of deaths from RTAs, significant policies need to be revised to improve public health and safety
This was a descriptive-analytic study. Relevant data were obtained from the Iranian Legal Medicine Organization. All data were based on the classification and coding of the ICD10 causes of death. Descriptive information of variables was analyzed using the SPSS software package (ver. 22). Trend line charting and forecast function were also predicted by using Microsoft Excel 2013 software package. Research variables included contextual variables, impact location, accident location (urban or non-urban), accident mechanism, deceased status, place of death, accident and death times, type of vehicle, and final cause of death.
A total of 17511 individuals, including 12709 (75.7%) males and 4080 (24.3%) females, died. The mean age of the deceased was 38.64±22.28. About half the people died at the scene. Most of the deaths were among drivers, followed by passengers and pedestrians. The forecast function predicts a downward trend in RTA deaths over the next five years (from 2006 to 2016). There was a significant relationship between the location of the injury and the cause of death (p <0.001). In the early years of the study, the cause of death mainly was bleeding and, in recent years, head injuries. This study showed that despite the increase in population and number of vehicles, the rate of RTA deaths has decreased and will continue to do so. However, due to the multifactorial causes of deaths from RTAs, significant policies need to be revised to improve public health and safety
Keywords: road traffic death, accident victim, fatal traffic accident, road traffic death forecasting
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Received: 2024/01/23 | Accepted: 2024/10/2 | Published: 2024/10/2
Received: 2024/01/23 | Accepted: 2024/10/2 | Published: 2024/10/2
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