Mortality burden from motor vehicle accidents in Taiwan

Public Health Nursing

Volumn 25, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 28-36

  Lai, Ching Huei ^a   Doong, Ji Liang ^b,e   Huang, Wei Shin ^c   Chang, Kai Kuo ^d   Jeng, Ming Chang ^a  

^a NATIONAL CENTRAL UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b TATUNG UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^c CHUNGTAI INST HLTH SCI TECHNOL   (Taiwan)

^d Inst of Transportation   (Taiwan)

^e NONE   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Data linkage; Mortality burden; Motorcycle accidents; Road traffic accidents; Years of life lost

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; ARTICLE; CAR; CHILD; COMPARATIVE STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFANT; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MORTALITY; MOTORCYCLE; NEWBORN; PRESCHOOL CHILD; RISK FACTOR; SEX RATIO; STATISTICS; TAIWAN; TRAFFIC ACCIDENT;

ACCIDENTS, TRAFFIC; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AUTOMOBILES; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOTORCYCLES; RISK FACTORS; SEX DISTRIBUTION; TAIWAN;

EID: 37249032766     PISSN: 07371209     EISSN: 15251446     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1525-1446.2008.00677.x     Document Type: Article

References (21)

1. Assailly, J. P. (1999). Car fatalities, driver training and licensing in European countries: A comparative study. International Association of Traffic and Safety Sciences Research, 23 (1), 6 15.
2. Clark, D. E., Wildner, M. Bergmann, K. E. (2000). Injury mortality in East Germany. American Journal of Public Health, 90 (11), 1761 1764.
3. Cohen, J. (2000). The global burden of disease study: A useful projection of future global health? Journal of Public Health Medicine, 22 (4), 518 524.
4. GBD 2002 Estimates. (n.d.). Retrieved December 2, 2006, from the World Health Organization Web site:
5. Hakamies-Blomqvist, L. (1993). Fatal accidents of older drivers. Accident Analysis and Prevention, 25 (1), 19 27.
6. Hakamies-Blomqvist, L. Peters, B. (2000). Recent European research on older drivers. Accident Analysis and Prevention, 32 (4), 601 607.
7. Hofman, K., Primack, A., Keusch, G. Hrynkow, S. (2005). Addressing the growing burden of trauma and injury in low- and middle-income countries. American Journal of Public Health, 95, 13 17.
8. Hu, P. S., Trumble, D. A., Foley, D. J., Eberhard, J. W. Wallace, R. B. (1998). Crash risks of older drivers: A panel data analysis. Accident Analysis and Prevention, 30 (5), 569 581.
9. Jacobs, G., Aeron-Thomas, A. Astrop, A. (2000). Estimating global road fatalities. Crowthorne:Transport Research Laboratory.
10. Krug, E. G., Sharma, G. K. Lozano, R. (2000). The global burden of injuries. American Journal of Public Health, 90 (4), 523 526.
11. Lai, C. H., Huang, W. S., Chang, K. K., Jeng, M. C. Doong, J. L. (2006). Using data linkage to generate 30-day crash-fatality adjustment factors for Taiwan. Accident Analysis and Prevention, 38 (4), 696 702.
12. Lam, L. T., Yang, L., Liu, Y., Geng, W. K. Liu, D. C. (2005). Different quantitative measures of the impact of injury deaths on the community in the Guangxi Province, China. Accident Analysis and Prevention, 37 (4), 761 766.
13. MacKenzie, E., Damiano, A., Ditunno, J., Luchter, S. Miller, T. (1994). Development of the Functional Capacity Index (FCI). Washington:National Highway Traffic Safety Administration.
14. Mathers, C. D., Vos, T., Lopez, A. D., Salomon, J. Ezzati, M. (2001). National burden of disease studies: A practical guide (2nd ed Geneva:Global Program on Evidence for Health Policy, World Health Organization.
15. McGwin, Jr. G. Brown, D. B. (1999). Characteristics of traffic crashes among young, middle-aged, and older drivers. Accident Analysis and Prevention, 31 (3), 181 198.
16. Mullin, B., Jackson, R., Langley, J. Norton, R. (2000). Increasing age and experience: Are both protective against motorcycle injury? A case-control study. Injury Prevention, 6 (1), 32 35.
17. Murray, C. J. L. Lopez, A. D. (1996). The global burden of disease. Cambridge, MA:Harvard University Press.
18. Plasencia, A., Borrell, C. Anto, J. M. (1995). Emergency department and hospital admissions and deaths from traffic injuries in Barcelona, Spain. A one-year population-based study. Accident Analysis and Prevention, 27 (4), 591 600.
19. Scallan, E., Staines, A., Fitzpatrick, P., Laffoy, M. Kelly, A. (2004). Unintentional injury in Ireland: A comparison of mortality and morbidity data. Journal of Public Health, 26 (1), 6 7.
20. Segui-Gomez, M. MacKenzie, E. J. (2003). Measuring the public health impact of injuries. Epidemiologic Reviews, 25 (1), 3 19.
21. Staplin, L., Lococo, K. H., McKnight, A. J., McKnight, A. S. Odenheimer, G. L. (1998). Intersection negotiation problems of older drivers, Vol. II: Background synthesis on age and intersection driving difficulties. Washington:National Highway Traffic Safety Administration.