Incidence of road traffic disabilities trending upwards in transitional China: a retrospective analysis from 1980 to 2005.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

To evaluate the change in incidence rates of road traffic disabilities from 1980 to 2005 in China.

Methods

We employed the 2006 China National Sample Survey on Disability to derive weighted number of persons with disabilities resulting from road crashes and weighted age-gender-specific population at risk by disability occurrence year. The annual incidence rate of road traffic disabilities and corresponding 95% CI were estimated. We used the World Population Prospects (WPP) and the death rate of people with disabilities (PWD) to estimate potential earlier loss of lives before 2006. Both WPP-adjusted and PWD-adjusted incidence rates of road traffic disabilities were further adjusted using the life table analysis.

Results

The WPP-adjusted incidence rate for roa

SUBMITTER: Liu L 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC4025444 | biostudies-literature | 2014 May

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature