Road traffic accidents in the United Arab Emirates: trends of morbidity and mortality during 1977-1998
| Autor: | Peter Romilly, Abdulbari Bener, Owen L. Lloyd, Mohammed El-Sadig, J Nelson Norman |
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| Rok vydání: | 2002 |
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Male Adolescent Population Poison control United Arab Emirates Human Factors and Ergonomics Suicide prevention Occupational safety and health Age Distribution Risk Factors Injury prevention Forensic engineering Medicine Humans Mortality Sex Distribution Safety Risk Reliability and Quality education Child Road traffic Aged education.field_of_study business.industry Developed Countries Public Health Environmental and Occupational Health Accidents Traffic Infant Newborn Human factors and ergonomics Infant Middle Aged Child Preschool Wounds and Injuries Female Morbidity business Developed country Demography |
| Zdroj: | Accident; analysis and prevention. 34(4) |
| ISSN: | 0001-4575 |
| Popis: | High rates of serious road traffic accidents (RTAs) have been reported for several Arabian Gulf countries, including the United Arab Emirates (UAE). in recent years. This study aims to describe quantitatively the morbidity and mortality from RTAs in the UAE, to identify their trends during the period 1977-1998, to compare the results with those of developed countries, and to evaluate the information available on possible causes with a view to identifying the most useful direction for future research. Data were obtained from UAE's police and health sources and, for international comparison, from WHO Statistics reports and the published literature. Overall and cause-specific fatality and injury rates of RTAs were calculated. Estimates of trends were achieved by using linear regression. The characteristics of road users injured or killed were also analysed. The results revealed that during the period 1977-1998, the rates of RTAs per 100,000 population and per 100,000 motor vehicles declined in the UAE by a trend component of -56.3 (P < 0.001: R2 = 0.69) and -521.8 (P |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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