Title of article :
The burden of road traffic injuries in the northeast of Iran: the result of a population-based registry
Author/Authors :
Khatibi, Reza Department of Epidemiology - School of Public Health - Iran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran , Dinpanah, Hossein Department of Emergency Medicine - 9-Day Hospital - Torbat Heydariyeh University of Medical Sciences, Torbat Heydariyeh , Maajani, Khadije Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics - School of Public Health - Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran , Khodadost, Mahmoud Department of Epidemiology - School of Public Health - Iran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran , khodadost, Behnam Department of Epidemiology - School of Public Health - Iran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran , Kakhki, Samaneh Department of Nursing - School of Nursing and Midwifery - Torbat Heydariyeh University of Medical Sciences, Torbat Heydariyeh , Mahdavi, Nader Department of Epidemiology - School of Public Health - Iran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran
Abstract :
Background: Road traffic injuries (RTIs) are an important public health problem around the world,
with the majority of RTIs occurring in low- and middle-income countries. This study aimed to
determine disability-adjusted life years (DALY) of RTIs in the northeast of Iran.
Methods: In this cross-sectional study, we used the death registration system to calculate years of
life lost (YLL) due to RTIs. To determine the years lost due to disability (YLD), hospital records of
all people injured in road accidents were used. To estimate DALY, we used YLD and YLL to
calculate DALY according to the Global Burden of Disease (GBD) 2003 guideline and the
age/sex composition of the population was taken from the Statistical Centre of Iran (SCI) in
2016. All collected data entered into Excel software and performed calculations.
Results: Our findings showed that a total of 3403 RTIs and 132 deaths were recorded in 2016.
The DALY was 38 per 1,000 of which 26.9 per 1,000 were related to YLL and 11.1 per 1,000
were related to YLD. The highest YLL rate in both sexes was in the 15-29 and 30-44 age groups
with 49.8 per 1,000 and 46.0 per 1,000, respectively. This reflects a sex ratio of DALY in males
(57.7 per 1,000) to females (8.6 per 1,000) was 6.7.
Conclusions: It seems to be necessary, appropriate effective intervention programs and periodic
evaluations are required regarding prevention and reducing traffic accidents mostly in
middle-aged men.
Keywords :
Burden of disease , Road traffic injuries , Disability-adjusted ife years , YLL , YLD
Journal title :
Journal of Injury and Violence Research
