Global road traffic injury statistics: Challenges, mechanisms and solutions / 中华创伤杂志(英文版)
Chinese Journal of Traumatology
; (6): 216-218, 2020.
Article
in English
| WPRIM (Western Pacific)
| ID: wpr-827825
Responsible library:
WPRO
ABSTRACT
High-quality data are the foundation to monitor the progress and evaluate the effects of road traffic injury prevention measures. Unfortunately, official road traffic injury statistics delivered by governments worldwide, are often believed somewhat unreliable and invalid. We summarized the reported problems concerning the road traffic injury statistics through systematically searching and reviewing the literature. The problems include absence of regular data, under-reporting, low specificity, distorted cause spectrum of road traffic injury, inconsistency, inaccessibility, and delay of data release. We also explored the mechanisms behind the problematic data and proposed the solutions to the addressed challenges for road traffic statistics.
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Health context:
SDG3 - Health and Well-Being
Health problem:
Target 3.6: Reduce deaths and the trauma caused by road accidents
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Target 3.8 Achieve universal access to health
Database:
WPRIM (Western Pacific)
Main subject:
Accidents, Traffic
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Global Health
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Epidemiology
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Accidental Injuries
Limits:
Humans
Language:
English
Journal:
Chinese Journal of Traumatology
Year:
2020
Document type:
Article