Public Health Profile of Road Traffic Accidents in Kosovo 2010-2015.

Autor:	Ramadani N; Faculty of Medicine, Hasan Prishtina University, Prishtina 10000, Kosovo.; National Institute of Public Health of Kosova, Pristina 10000, Kosovo., Zhjeqi V; Faculty of Medicine, Hasan Prishtina University, Prishtina 10000, Kosovo.; National Institute of Public Health of Kosova, Pristina 10000, Kosovo., Berisha M; Faculty of Medicine, Hasan Prishtina University, Prishtina 10000, Kosovo.; National Institute of Public Health of Kosova, Pristina 10000, Kosovo., Hoxha R; Faculty of Medicine, Hasan Prishtina University, Prishtina 10000, Kosovo.; National Institute of Public Health of Kosova, Pristina 10000, Kosovo., Begolli I; Faculty of Medicine, Hasan Prishtina University, Prishtina 10000, Kosovo.; National Institute of Public Health of Kosova, Pristina 10000, Kosovo., Salihu D; Faculty of Medicine, Hasan Prishtina University, Prishtina 10000, Kosovo.; National Institute of Public Health of Kosova, Pristina 10000, Kosovo., Krasniqi P; National Institute of Public Health of Kosova, Pristina 10000, Kosovo.
Jazyk:	angličtina
Zdroj:	Open access Macedonian journal of medical sciences [Open Access Maced J Med Sci] 2017 Dec 13; Vol. 5 (7), pp. 1036-1041. Date of Electronic Publication: 2017 Dec 13 (Print Publication: 2017).
DOI:	10.3889/oamjms.2017.214
Abstrakt:	Aim: To determine the characteristics of the Socio-medical profile of road traffic accidents in Kosovo, between 2010 and 2015 year. Study Design: Retrospective study. Methods: A descriptive method based on the database of road traffic accidents from the National Police of Kosovo. Results: In Kosovo for the period 2010-2015, on average, the yearly number of road traffic accidents is 18437 with mortality rate 7.4 per 100000 and lethality of 1.5%. The highest number of fatal cases are drivers and above 19 years old with more than 80%. Among injured significantly highest percentage is among passengers for all years and above 19 years old. Road traffic accident with a vehicle occurs most frequently, with approximately over 70%, mostly on dry road 72.9% and clear weather 71.1%. The driver is the contributing factors of road traffic accidents on average 99.3% whereas climatic conditions only 0.5%, with over 50% of crashes occurring in urban road 56.2%, mostly during Monday 16.0% and in the afternoon rush hours between 14.00-18.00 with 31.0%. Conclusions: There is a slight decrease in the mortality rate of 0.1‰ and lethality rate of 0.1% each year, whereas there is an increase of 21.5‰ for traumatism rate for each year.
Databáze:	MEDLINE
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