Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report (MMWR): Surveillance Summaries, September 2017 / Vol. 66 / No. SS-17

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• Alternative Title:
  Rural and Urban Differences in Passenger-Vehicle–Occupant Deaths and Seat Belt Use Among Adults – United States, 2014
• Journal Article:
  Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report (MMWR): Surveillance Summaries
• Personal Author:
  Beck, Laurie F. ; Downs, Jonathan ; Stevens, Mark R. ; Sauber-Schatz, Erin K.
• Corporate Authors:
  National Center for Injury Prevention and Control (U.S.). Division of Unintentional Injury Prevention ; National Center for Injury Prevention and Control (U.S.). Division of Analysis, Research, and Practice Integration
• Description:
  Motor-vehicle crashes are a leading cause of death in the United States. Compared with urban residents, rural residents are at an increased risk for death from crashes and are less likely to wear seat belts. These differences have not been well described by levels of rurality. Data from the Fatality Analysis Reporting System (FARS) and the Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System (BRFSS) were used to identify passenger-vehicle–occupant deaths from motor-vehicle crashes and estimate the prevalence of seat belt use. FARS, a census of U.S. motor-vehicle crashes involving one or more deaths, was used to identify passenger-vehicle–occupant deaths among adults aged ≥18 years. Passenger-vehicle occupants were defined as persons driving or riding in passenger cars, light trucks, vans, or sport utility vehicles. Death rates per 100,000 population, age-adjusted to the 2000 U.S. standard population and the proportion of occupants who were unrestrained at the time of the fatal crash, were calculated. BRFSS, an annual, state-based, random-digit–dialed telephone survey of the noninstitutionalized U.S. civilian population aged ≥18 years, was used to estimate prevalence of seat belt use. FARS and BRFSS data were analyzed by a six-level rural-urban designation, based on the U.S. Department of Agriculture 2013 rural-urban continuum codes, and stratified by census region and type of state seat belt enforcement law (primary or secondary).
  
  Suggested citation for this article: Beck LF, Downs J, Stevens MR, Sauber-Schatz EK. Rural and Urban Differences in Passenger-Vehicle–Occupant Deaths and Seat Belt Use Among Adults — United States, 2014. MMWR Surveill Summ 2017;66(No. SS-17):1–13. DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.15585/mmwr.ss6617a1.
  
  
• Subjects:
  Accidents, Traffic / Mortality Automobile Driving / Psychology Health Behavior Motor Vehicles Rural Health Seat Belts / Utilization Urban Health Wounds And Injuries / Mortality
• Source:
  Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report (MMWR): Surveillance Summaries, 2017; v. 66, no. 17
• Series:
  Surveillance Summaries: Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report (MMWR)
• DOI:
  http://dx.doi.org/10.15585/mmwr.ss6617a1
• ISSN:
  1546-0738 (print) ; 1545-8636 (digital)
• Pubmed ID:
  28934184
• Pubmed Central ID:
  PMC5829699
• Document Type:
  Journal Issue
• Genre:
  Statistics
• Place as Subject:
  United States
• Pages in Document:
  20 pdf pages
• Volume:
  66
• Issue:
  17
• Collection(s):
  Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report (MMWR)
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