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Initial effects of the New York State auto safety belt law.

Author(s) -

Éric Latimer,

Lester B. Lave

Publication year - 1987

Publication title -

american journal of public health

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 2.284

H-Index - 264

eISSN - 1541-0048

pISSN - 0090-0036

DOI - 10.2105/ajph.77.2.183

Subject(s) - metropolitan area , occupational safety and health , poison control , injury prevention , poisson regression , poisson distribution , law , human factors and ergonomics , suicide prevention , medicine , demography , environmental health , political science , statistics , mathematics , sociology , population , pathology

New York State began enforcing a mandatory automobile safety belt use law on January 1, 1985. We present a preliminary analysis of its effect on fatalities and injuries. Applying a Poisson statistical model to pre- and post-law belt usage rates together with counts of fatalities and injuries in 12 metropolitan areas, we estimate the first six months' application of the law averted 220 fatal, 1,500 severe, 4,600 moderate, and 2,600 light injuries across the state. The Poisson approach gives estimates of injuries averted considerably greater than simple year to year comparisons, indicating that media announcements have understated the efficacy of requiring safety belt usage.

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