Magnitude of death and associated factors among road traffic injury victims admitted to emergency outpatient departments of public and private hospitals at Adama Town, East Shewa Zone, Ethiopia.

ABSTRACT:

Objectives

Road traffic injuries, disabilities, and deaths have been a major public health problem worldwide and in Ethiopia. Globally, around 1.35 million people die every year on the roads and 20-50 million sustain nonfatal injuries as a result of road traffic crashes. This study aimed to assess the magnitude of deaths and associated factors among road traffic injury victims admitted to emergency outpatient departments of public and private hospitals at Adama town, East Shewa Zone, Ethiopia.

Methods

Institution-based cross-sectional study was conducted among 381 road traffic injury victims admitted to hospitals in Adama town, East Shewa, Ethiopia, from 14 December 2019 to 29 February 2020. Data were collected using interviewer-administered structured questionnaires. Data w

SUBMITTER: Demisse A 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8640311 | biostudies-literature | 2021

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature