Burden of Road Traffic Injuries in Turkey

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2012-01-01

Author

Puvanachandra, P.
HOE, CONNIE
Özkan, Türker
Lajunen, Tevio

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Objective: Road traffic injuries (RTIs) are one of the leading causes of global deaths, contributing to 1.3 million lives lost each year Although all regions are affected, low- and middle-income countries share a disproportionate burden. The significance of this public health threat is growing in Turkey, where current estimates show that 2.0 percent of all deaths in the country are due to RTIs. Despite the significance of this growing epidemic, data pertaining to RTIs in Turkey are limited. In order to address the gap in knowledge, this article presents an overview of the epidemiology of RTIs in Turkey through an analysis of available secondary data sets and a comprehensive review of scientifically published studies.

Subject Keywords

Road traffic injuries, Turkey, Injury epidemiology, Road traffic crashes, Low-income countries, Middle-income countries

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https://hdl.handle.net/11511/32763

Journal

TRAFFIC INJURY PREVENTION

DOI

https://doi.org/10.1080/15389588.2011.633135

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Department of Psychology, Article

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P. Puvanachandra, C. HOE, T. Özkan, and T. Lajunen, “Burden of Road Traffic Injuries in Turkey,” TRAFFIC INJURY PREVENTION, pp. 64–75, 2012, Accessed: 00, 2020. [Online]. Available: https://hdl.handle.net/11511/32763.