Journal article
Fatal motor vehicle crashes in rural and urban areas: decomposing rates into contributing factors
Injury prevention, Vol.11(1), pp.24-28
02/2005
DOI: 10.1136/ip.2004.005959
PMCID: PMC1730169
PMID: 15691985
Abstract
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. 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. 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. Further research should examine the relative roles of crash severity and the timely receipt of definitive medical care after a crash.
Details
- Title: Subtitle
- Fatal motor vehicle crashes in rural and urban areas: decomposing rates into contributing factors
- Creators
- C Zwerling - University of Iowa, College of Public Health, Department of Occupational and Environmental Health, Iowa City, Iowa, USA. craig.zwerling@uiowa.eduC Peek-AsaP S WhittenS-W ChoiN L SprinceM P Jones
- Resource Type
- Journal article
- Publication Details
- Injury prevention, Vol.11(1), pp.24-28
- DOI
- 10.1136/ip.2004.005959
- PMID
- 15691985
- PMCID
- PMC1730169
- NLM abbreviation
- Inj Prev
- ISSN
- 1353-8047
- eISSN
- 1475-5785
- Publisher
- England
- Grant note
- CCR721682-03 / ODCDC CDC HHS
- Language
- English
- Date published
- 02/2005
- Academic Unit
- Statistics and Actuarial Science; Public Health Administration; Occupational and Environmental Health; Epidemiology; Biostatistics; Nursing; Public Policy Center (Archive)
- Record Identifier
- 9983985944002771
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