The burden of road traffic injuries in Nigeria: Results of a population-based survey

Injury Prevention

Volumn 15, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 157-162

  Labinjo, M ^a   Juillard, C ^b,c   Kobusingye, O C ^a   Hyder, A A ^b  

^a WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION   (Switzerland)

^b JOHNS HOPKINS BLOOMBERG SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CHILD; EPIDEMIOLOGY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; INJURY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MORTALITY; MOTORCYCLE; NIGERIA; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PUBLIC HEALTH; RURAL POPULATION; STATISTICS; TRAFFIC ACCIDENT; URBAN POPULATION;

ACCIDENTS, TRAFFIC; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; EPIDEMIOLOGIC METHODS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOTORCYCLES; NIGERIA; PUBLIC HEALTH; RURAL POPULATION; URBAN POPULATION; WOUNDS AND INJURIES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 67649199051     PISSN: 13538047     EISSN: 14755785     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/ip.2008.020255     Document Type: Article

References (41)

1. WHO Department of Injuries and Violence Prevention. The injury chart book: a graphical overview of the global burden of injuries. Geneva: World Health Organization, 2002.
2. WHO Department of Measurement and Health Information. Statistical annex of the world health report 2004. Geneva: World Health Organization, 2004.
3. Peden M. Global collaboration on road traffic injury prevention. Int J Inj Contr Saf Promot 2005;12:85-91.
4. Peden M, Scurfield R, Sleet D, et al. World report on road traffic injury prevention. Geneva: World Health Organization, 2004.
5. Bartlett SN. The problem of children's injuries in low-income countries: a review. Health Policy Plan 2002;17:1-13.
6. Murray CJ, Lopez AD. Regional patterns of disability-free life expectancy and disability-adjusted life expectancy: global Burden of Disease Study. Lancet 1997;349:1347-52.
7. Ameratunga S, Hijar M, Norton R. Road-traffic injuries: confronting disparities to address a global-health problem. Lancet 2006;367:1533-40.
8. Nantulya VM, Reich MR. Equity dimensions of road traffic injuries in low- and middle-income countries. Inj Control Saf Promot 2003;10:13-20.
9. Jacobs G, Aaron-Thomas A, Astrop A. Estimating global road fatalities. TRL report 445: Crowthorne: Transport Research Laboratory, 2000.
10. WHO. Summary tables for mortality and disability adjusted life years for all member countries in 2002. Geneva: World Health Organization, 2004.
11. Asogwa SE. Road traffic accidents in Nigeria: a review and a reappraisal. Accid Anal Prev 1992;24:149-55.
12. Elechi EN, Etawo SU. Pilot study of injured patients seen in the University of Port Harcourt Teaching Hospital, Nigeria. Injury 1990;21:234-8.
13. Adesunkanmi AR, Oginni LM, Oyelami OA, et al. Road traffic accidents to African children: assessment of severity using the injury severity score (ISS). Injury 2000;31:225-8.
14. Ehikhamenor EE, Ojo MA. Comparative analysis of traumatic deaths in Nigeria. Prehosp Disaster Med 2005;20:197-201.
15. Thanni LO, Kehinde OA. Trauma at a Nigerian teaching hospital: pattern and documentation of presentation. Afr Health Sci 2006;6:104-7.
16. Balogun JA, Abereoje OK. Pattern of road traffic accident cases in a Nigerian university teaching hospital between 1987 and 1990. J Trop Med Hyg 1992;95:23-9.
17. Osime OC, Ighedosa SU, Oludiran OO, et al. Patterns of trauma deaths in an accident and emergency unit. Prehosp Disaster Med 2007;22:75-8.
18. Oji C. Jaw fractures in Enugu, Nigeria, 1985-95. Br J Oral Maxillofac Surg 1999;37:106-9.
19. Akinpelu OV, Amusa YB, Komolafe EO, et al. Challenges in management of chronic suppurative otitis media in a developing country. J Laryngol Otol 2008;122:16-20.
20. Afuwape OO, Alonge TO, Okoje VM. Pattern of the cases seen in the accident and emergency department in a Nigerian tertiary hospital over a period of twelve months. Niger Postgrad Med J 2007;14:302-5.
21. Kobusingye O, Guwatudde D, Lett R. Injury patterns in rural and urban Uganda. Inj Prev 2001;7:46-50.
22. Mock CN, Abantanga F, Cummings P, et al. Incidence and outcome of injury in Ghana: a community-based survey. Bull World Health Organ 1999;77:955-64.
23. Olawale OA, Owoaje ET. Incidence and pattern of injuries among residents of a rural area in South-Western Nigeria: a community-based study. BMC Public Health 2007;7:246.
24. National Population Commission and ORC Macro. Nigeria demographic and health survey 2003. Calverton, MD: National Population Commission and ORC Macro, 2004.
25. National Bureau of Statistics, Federal Republic of Nigeria. Annual abstract of statistics. Garki-Abuja: National Bureau of Statistics, 2006.
26. Kuhn L, Davidson LL, Durkin MS. Use of Poisson regression and time series analysis for detecting changes over time in rates of child injury following a prevention program. Am J Epidemiol 1994;140:943-55.
27. Ezenwa AO. Prevention and control of road traffic accidents in Nigeria. J R Soc Health 1986;106:25-6, 29.
28. Oluwasanmi AJ. Road accident trends in Nigeria. Accid Anal Prev 1993;25:485-7.
29. Aganga AO, Umoh JU, Abechi SA. Epidemiology of road traffic accidents in Zaria, Nigeria. J R Soc Health 1983;103:123-6.
30. Aliyu ZY. Policy mapping for establishing a national emergency health policy for Nigeria. BMC Int Health Hum Rights 2002;2:5.
31. Mock C, Ofosu A, Gish O. Utilization of district health services by injured persons in a rural area of Ghana. Int J Health Plann Manage 2001;16:19-32.
32. Forjuoh SN, Guyer B, Strobino DM. Determinants of modern health care use by families after a childhood burn in Ghana. Inj Prev 1995;1:31-4.
33. Moshiro C, Heuch I, Astrom AN, et al. Injury morbidity in an urban and a rural area in Tanzania: an epidemiological survey. BMC Public Health 2005;5:11.
34. Ghaffar A, Hyder AA, Masud TI. The burden of road traffic injuries in developing countries: the 1st national injury survey of Pakistan. Public Health 2004;118:211-17.
35. Smith GS, Barss P. Unintentional injuries in developing countries: the epidemiology of a neglected problem. Epidemiol Rev 1991;13:228-66.
36. Razzak JA, Luby SP, Laflamme L, et al. Injuries among children in Karachi, Pakistan: what, where and how. Public Health 2004;118:114-20.
37. Odelowo EO. Pattern of trauma resulting from motorcycle accidents in Nigerians: a two-year prospective study. Afr J Med Med Sci 1994;23:109-12.
38. Federal Road Safety Commission. 2005 Annual Report. Nigerian Federal Safety Commission, 2006.
39. Ghaffar A, Hyder AA, Bishai D. Newspaper reports as a source for injury data in developing countries. Health Policy Plan 2001;16:322-5.
40. London J, Mock C, Abantanga FA, et al. Using mortuary statistics in the development of an injury surveillance system in Ghana. Bull World Health Organ 2002;80:357-64.
41. Mock C, Acheampong F, Adjei S, et al. The effect of recall on estimation of incidence rates for injury in Ghana. Int J Epidemiol 1999;28:750-5.