PMID- 36128192
OWN - NLM
STAT- MEDLINE
DCOM- 20230118
LR  - 20230118
IS  - 2167-8359 (Print)
IS  - 2167-8359 (Electronic)
IS  - 2167-8359 (Linking)
VI  - 10
DP  - 2022
TI  - Analysis of road traffic injuries and casualties in China: a ten-year nationwide 
      longitudinal study.
PG  - e14046
LID - 10.7717/peerj.14046 [doi]
LID - e14046
AB  - BACKGROUND: Road traffic injuries (RTIs) are a serious global problem, and a huge 
      challenge for both economic development and public health. METHODS: This 
      longitudinal study was based on the national data from Chinese authorities. 
      Descriptive analysis was utilized to analyze the prevalence and trend of RTIs 
      among different types, groups and regions. In addition, ridge regression or/and 
      curve regression were also used to explore the relationship between those 
      possible influencing factors and RTIs. RESULTS: From 2010 to 2019, the death toll 
      from motor vehicle accidents (MVAs) decreased firstly and then increased, while 
      the death toll from non-MVAs continued to rise since 2012, and the death toll 
      from pedestrian and occupant accidents fluctuated only a little. The mortality 
      rate of MVA was relatively stable from 2010 to 2012, and declined from 2013. The 
      mortality rate of motor vehicle accidents was higher in rural than urban, the 
      same to male compared with female. The results of ridge regression showed that 
      gross domestic product (GDP)-per-capita, total population, number of health 
      personnel and car ownership were positively correlated with the death toll of 
      non-MVAs (P < 0.05). Additionally, the results of curve regression suggested that 
      the quadratic or cubic relationship between each factor and the number of MVAs 
      was well fitted, while only partially fitted in fatalities. CONCLUSIONS: In 
      recent years, RTIs in China show different trends, and the problem of non-motor 
      vehicle traffic injuries has been neglected which should be paid more attention. 
      Moreover, according to the new trends and traffic conditions in RTIs revealed in 
      this study, it is necessary to formulate targeted intervention measures establish 
      a multi-faceted comprehensive safety system to reduce the disease burden of RTIs 
      as well as the total injuries.
CI  - (c) 2022 Qi et al.
FAU - Qi, Miao
AU  - Qi M
AD  - Department of Epidemiology and Health Statistics, School of Public Health, Zunyi 
      Medical University, Zunyi, Guizhou, China.
FAU - Hu, Xiuli
AU  - Hu X
AD  - Department of Epidemiology and Health Statistics, School of Public Health, Zunyi 
      Medical University, Zunyi, Guizhou, China.
FAU - Li, Xiahong
AU  - Li X
AD  - Department of Epidemiology and Health Statistics, School of Public Health, Zunyi 
      Medical University, Zunyi, Guizhou, China.
FAU - Wang, Xue
AU  - Wang X
AUID- ORCID: 0000-0002-6489-2787
AD  - Department of Epidemiology and Health Statistics, School of Public Health, Zunyi 
      Medical University, Zunyi, Guizhou, China.
FAU - Shi, Xiuquan
AU  - Shi X
AUID- ORCID: 0000-0001-7985-6757
AD  - Department of Epidemiology and Health Statistics, School of Public Health, Zunyi 
      Medical University, Zunyi, Guizhou, China.
AD  - Center for Injury Research and Policy & Center for Pediatric Trauma Research, The 
      Research Institute at Nationwide Children's Hospital, The Ohio State University 
      College of Medicine, Columbus, OH, USA.
LA  - eng
PT  - Journal Article
PT  - Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't
DEP - 20220915
PL  - United States
TA  - PeerJ
JT  - PeerJ
JID - 101603425
MH  - Male
MH  - Humans
MH  - Female
MH  - Longitudinal Studies
MH  - *Accidents, Traffic
MH  - *Economic Development
MH  - Gross Domestic Product
MH  - China/epidemiology
PMC - PMC9482767
OTO - NOTNLM
OT  - Casualties
OT  - RTIs
OT  - Risk factors
OT  - Road safety
OT  - Temporal trend
OT  - Traffic accidents
COIS- The authors declare that they have no competing interests.
EDAT- 2022/09/22 06:00
MHDA- 2022/09/22 06:01
PMCR- 2022/09/15
CRDT- 2022/09/21 01:57
PHST- 2022/04/11 00:00 [received]
PHST- 2022/08/21 00:00 [accepted]
PHST- 2022/09/21 01:57 [entrez]
PHST- 2022/09/22 06:00 [pubmed]
PHST- 2022/09/22 06:01 [medline]
PHST- 2022/09/15 00:00 [pmc-release]
AID - 14046 [pii]
AID - 10.7717/peerj.14046 [doi]
PST - epublish
SO  - PeerJ. 2022 Sep 15;10:e14046. doi: 10.7717/peerj.14046. eCollection 2022.