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| Seyed Taghi Heydari,Amin Hoseinzadeh,Yaser Sarikhani,Arya Hedjazi,Mohammad Zarenezhad,Ghasem Moafian,Mohammad Reza Aghabeigi,Mojtaba Mahmoodi,Fariborz Ghaffarpasand,Ali Riasati,Payam Peymani,Seyed Mehdi Ahmadi,Kamran B Lankarani.[J].Chin J Traumatol,2013,16(2):84-88. [doi] |
| Time analysis of fatal traffic accidents in Fars Province of Iran |
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| KeyWord: Accidents, traffic Epidemiology Mortality Iran |
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| Author Name | Affiliation | | Seyed Taghi Heydari | Jahrom University of Medical Sciences, Jahrom, Iran
Health Policy Research Center, Shiraz University of
Medical Sciences, Shiraz, Iran | | Amin Hoseinzadeh | Legal Medicine Research Center, Legal Medicine
Organization, Tehran, Iran | | Yaser Sarikhani | Health Policy Research Center, Shiraz University of Medical Sciences, Shiraz, Iran | | Arya Hedjazi | Legal Medicine Research Center, Legal Medicine
Organization, Tehran, Iran | | Mohammad Zarenezhad | Legal Medicine Research Center, Legal Medicine
Organization, Tehran, Iran | | Ghasem Moafian | Health Policy Research Center, Shiraz University of Medical Sciences, Shiraz, Iran | | Mohammad Reza Aghabeigi | Health Policy Research Center, Shiraz University of Medical Sciences, Shiraz, Iran | | Mojtaba Mahmoodi | Health Policy Research Center, Shiraz University of Medical Sciences, Shiraz, Iran | | Fariborz Ghaffarpasand | Health Policy Research Center, Shiraz University of Medical Sciences, Shiraz, Iran | | Ali Riasati | Health Policy Research Center, Shiraz University of Medical Sciences, Shiraz, Iran | | Payam Peymani | Health Policy Research Center, Shiraz University of Medical Sciences, Shiraz, Iran | | Seyed Mehdi Ahmadi | Health Policy Research Center, Shiraz University of Medical Sciences, Shiraz, Iran | | Kamran B Lankarani | Health Policy Research Center, Shiraz University of Medical Sciences, Shiraz, Iran |
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| Objective: To analyze the time factor in road traffic accidents (RTAs) in Fars Province of Iran.
Methods: This study was conducted in Fars Province, Iran from November 22, 2009toNovember 21, 2011. Victims’information consisted of age, sex, death toll involving drivers or passengers of cars, motorcycles and pedestrians, and site of injury etc. Accidents were analyzed in relation to
hour of the day, season of the year, lighting condition including sunrise, sunset, daytime and nighttime.
Results: A total of 3 642 deaths (78.3% were males, and the ratio of males to females was about 3.6:1) were studied regarding their autopsy records. There was a steady increase in fatal accidents occurring at midnight to 15:59. The risk of being involved in a fatal traffic accident was higher
for those injured between 4:00 to 7:59 than at other times (OR=2.13, 95% CI 1.85-2.44). The greatest number of fatal RTAs took place in summer. Mortalities due to RTA during spring and summer were more pronounced at 20:00 to 23:59 and midnight to 3:59, whereas mortalities in fall and winter were more pronounced from 12:00 to 15:59.
Conclusion: The high mortalityrate of RTA is a major public health problem in Fars Province. Our results indicate that the time is an important factor which contributes to road traffic deaths. |
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