Estimation of mortality and calculated years of lost life from road traffic injuries

2014 
Background and purpose: Road traffic injury (RTI) is one of the major healt h problems that can threat human health. This study was done aimed to determine mortality and years of lost life (YLL) due to RTI in Kermanshah, Iran. Materials and methods: This cross-sectional study was used the Death Regis tration and Forensics Medicine census data. YLL was calculated according to Global burden of disease (GBD) 2010 guideline and age and sex composition of the population was taken from Statis tical Center for 2010. All data collected entered i nto Excel software and performed calculations. Results: The mean age of 974 subjects studied was 39.05 ± 20.7. 81.1% of dead peoplewere males. The most frequent cause of death was related to acciden t with cars (40.8%). The mortality rate of RTI in K ermanshah province was 51.3 per 100,000 populations and by se x were 82.4 in males and 19.5 cases per 100,000 in females. The years of life lost due to premature mortality o btained 38,345 (40 per 1,000) in males, 8267 in fem ales (8.7 per 1000) and 46,613 (24.5 per 1,000) in both sexes. Th e highest YLL rate in both sexes was in the age gro up 30-34 (30.3 per 1,000). Conclusion: According to the high mortality rate and YLL due t o RTI in Kermanshah province, it seems to be necessary appropriate intervention programs done to prevent and minimize road accidents.
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