Fatal motor vehicle crashes in rural and urban areas: decomposing rates into contributing factors

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• Personal Author:
  Choi S-W ; Jones MP ; Peek-Asa, Corinne ; Sprince NL ; Whitten PS ; Zwerling C
• Description:
  OBJECTIVES: Motor vehicle crash fatality rates have been consistently higher in rural areas than in urban areas. However, the explanations for these differences are less clear. In this study the decomposition method was used to explore the factors associated with increased fatal crash involvement rates in rural communities. DESIGN: Using national databases, the fatal crash incidence density was decomposed into the product of three factors: the injury fatality rate, the crash injury rate, and the crash incidence density. RESULTS: As expected, the fatal crash incidence density was more than two times higher in rural than in urban areas. This was driven primarily by the injury fatality rate, which was almost three times higher in rural areas. CONCLUSIONS: Further research should examine the relative roles of crash severity and the timely receipt of definitive medical care after a crash. [Description provided by NIOSH]
• Subjects:
  Accidents, Occupational Adolescent Aging Automobiles Epidemiology Men Morbidity Mortality Occupational Health Safety Women

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• Keywords:
  Accident-rates Accidents Adolescents Age-groups Humans Injuries Morbidity-rates Mortality-rates Motor-vehicles Statistical-analysis Traumatic-injuries

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• ISSN:
  1353-8047
• Document Type:
  Text
• Funding:
  Grant
• Genre:
  Journal Article
• Place as Subject:
  Iowa ; OSHA Region 7
• CIO:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH)
• Topic:
  Workplace Safety & Health
• Location:
  North America
• Pages in Document:
  24-28
• Volume:
  11
• Issue:
  1
• NIOSHTIC Number:
  nn:20040664
• Citation:
  Inj Prev 2005 Feb; 11(1):24-28
• Contact Point Address:
  Craig Zwerling, University of Iowa, College of Public Health, Department of Occupational and Environmental Health, 100 Oakdale Campus, #126 IREH, Iowa City, IA 52242-5000
• Email:
  craig-zwerling@uiowa.edu
• Federal Fiscal Year:
  2005
• Performing Organization:
  University of Iowa
• Peer Reviewed:
  True
• Start Date:
  20050701
• Source Full Name:
  Injury Prevention
• End Date:
  20290630
• Collection(s):
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha-512:b5cbb9e615aa689fafbaaf6eb3e1d7a697ed180dd053d36b771ffe15fe286abd9932f834ef13f2c4738786b7c1a8428840f6abbced9a11a7f3c7857cece6ece3
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/193453/cdc_193453_DS1.pdf
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