Trends of Mortality of Road Traffic Accidents in Fars Province, Southern Iran, 2004 - 2010

Jafar Hasanzadeh; Mehdi Moradinazar; Farid Najafi; Touraj Ahmadi-Jouybary

Trends of Mortality of Road Traffic Accidents in Fars Province, Southern Iran, 2004 - 2010

Iran J Public Health. 2014 Sep;43(9):1259-65.

Authors

Jafar Hasanzadeh¹, Mehdi Moradinazar¹, Farid Najafi², Touraj Ahmadi-Jouybary³

Affiliations

¹ 1. Dept. of Epidemiology, Shiraz University of Medical Sciences , Shiraz, Iran.
² 2. Research Center for Environmental Determinants of Health, School of Public Health, Kermanshah University of Medical Sciences , Kermanshah, Iran.
³ 3. Imam Khomeini Hospital, Kermanshah University of Medical Sciences , Kermanshah, Iran.

PMID: 26175980
PMCID: PMC4500428

Abstract

Background: The aim of this study was to investigate the trends in mortality from road traffic accidents (RTA) in Fars Province, southern Iran.

Methods: The Age and sex-standardized mortality rate attributed to RTA from 2004 to 2010 in Fars Province was calculated using world standard population. We also used linear regression and chi-squared tests.

Results: Over the period of study (7 years), 12954 people died in RTA. The age- and sex-standardized mortality rate was 27 per 100,000. While the rate of death due to RTA had an incremental rate in age group 18-30 years and among women, it had a decreasing trend in age groups 35-45, under18 and among men.

Conclusion: An increase in mortality rate of RTA among people aged 18-30 yr and women need to be addressed by health policy makers and other involved sections.

Keywords: Mortality; Road-Traffic accident; Trends.