Open AccessVariations in sub-national road traffic fatality trends in a low-income country
Author(s) -
Junaid Ahmad Bhatti,
Ajmal Khan Khoso,
Hunniya Waseem,
Uzma Rahim Khan,
Junaid Abdul Razzak
Publication year - 2013
Publication title -
international journal of critical illness and injury science
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.274
H-Index - 12
eISSN - 2231-5004
pISSN - 2229-5151
DOI - 10.4103/2229-5151.109415
Subject(s) - crash , case fatality rate , population , road traffic , medicine , demography , socioeconomics , geography , environmental health , transport engineering , engineering , sociology , computer science , programming language
In most low- and middle-income countries (LMICs), road traffic fatality (RTF) trends are presented in aggregated form at the national level. This practice omits important information regarding RTF risk at sub-national levels.