Local vs. national: Epidemiology of pedestrian injury in a mid-Atlantic city.

ABSTRACT: OBJECTIVE:Understanding pedestrian injury trends at the local level is essential for program planning and allocation of funds for urban planning and improvement. Because we hypothesize that local injury trends differ from national trends in significant and meaningful ways, we investigated citywide pedestrian injury trends to assess injury risk among nationally identified risk groups, as well as identify risk groups and locations specific to Baltimore City. METHODS:Pedestrian injury data, obtained from the Baltimore City Fire Department, were gathered through emergency medical services (EMS) records collected from January 1 to December 31, 2014. Locations of pedestrian injuries were geocoded and mapped. Pearson's chi-square test of independence was used to investigate differences in injury

SUBMITTER: Nesoff ED 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5918155 | biostudies-literature | 2018 May

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature