PMID- 12935665
OWN - NLM
STAT- PubMed-not-MEDLINE
DCOM- 20031205
LR  - 20191107
IS  - 1344-6223 (Print)
IS  - 1344-6223 (Linking)
VI  - 4
IP  - 3
DP  - 2002 Sep
TI  - Trends in early and late deaths due to motor vehicle accidents in Japan.
PG  - 174-7
AB  - To clarify trends and urban-rural differences in the early death rate (deaths 
      within 24 h divided by the deaths within 1 year after motor vehicle accident x100 
      [%]) due to motor vehicle accidents (MVAs) in Japan. Mortality data were 
      collected from the annual statistics of traffic accident research and vital 
      statistics in Japan from 1980 through 1998 and analyzed. Early death rates were 
      nearly constant (73.9-78.0%) from 1980 through 1998. Early death rates were lower 
      in younger and elderly groups. As regards to geographic variations, early death 
      rates and 1-year death rates per 100,000 vehicles were significantly higher in 
      rural areas (population density <1000/km(2)) than in urban areas. To investigate 
      MVA deaths, both early and late deaths should be examined. Decreasing the early 
      death rate, a new index for MVA death, which reflects the reduction of injury 
      severity is important for preventing MVA deaths.
FAU - Hitosugi, Masahito
AU  - Hitosugi M
AD  - Department of Forensic Medicine, Jikei University School of Medicine, 3-25-8 
      Nishi-shimbashi, Minato-ku, Tokyo 105-8461, Japan. hitosugi@jikei.ac.jp
FAU - Takatsu, Akihiro
AU  - Takatsu A
LA  - eng
PT  - Journal Article
PL  - Ireland
TA  - Leg Med (Tokyo)
JT  - Legal medicine (Tokyo, Japan)
JID - 100889186
EDAT- 2003/08/26 05:00
MHDA- 2003/08/26 05:01
CRDT- 2003/08/26 05:00
PHST- 2003/08/26 05:00 [pubmed]
PHST- 2003/08/26 05:01 [medline]
PHST- 2003/08/26 05:00 [entrez]
AID - S134462230200007X [pii]
AID - 10.1016/s1344-6223(02)00007-x [doi]
PST - ppublish
SO  - Leg Med (Tokyo). 2002 Sep;4(3):174-7. doi: 10.1016/s1344-6223(02)00007-x.