Traffic medicine and road safety: South American perspective

<p dir="ltr">Worldwide, the injuries caused in traffic accidents constitute a public health problem of great importance. Its strong impact generates a high percentage of deaths, hospital admissions with high costs, material losses, pension costs, and of course too much suffering for...

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Public health
Traffic accidents
Public health problem
Mortality rate
Pan American Health Organization
Road safety
Public policy
Hospital admissions
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description <p dir="ltr">Worldwide, the injuries caused in traffic accidents constitute a public health problem of great importance. Its strong impact generates a high percentage of deaths, hospital admissions with high costs, material losses, pension costs, and of course too much suffering for the victims and their families. There is need for effective public policy, since traffic accidents in many cases are not actually “accidents” but pretty much predictable occurrences, therefore, preventable. According to the Pan American Health Organization's classification of the mortality rate (scored by country): a low risk rate is below 10 deaths per 100 thousand inhabitants; the medium risk is between 10 to 20 deaths; and high risk is above 20 deaths per 100 thousand inhabitant. Most countries in South America are between medium and high risk. In Brazil, the death rate by road accidents between 2000 and 2010 ranged from 18 to 22.5 deaths per 100 thousand inhabitants. Meaning, it entered the highest statistic.</p><h2 dir="ltr">Other Information</h2><p dir="ltr">Published in: Journal of Local and Global Health Science, title discontinued as of (2017)<br>License: <a href="https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/deed.en" target="_blank">https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/</a><br>See article on publisher's website: <a href="https://dx.doi.org/10.5339/jlghs.2015.itma.102" target="_blank">https://dx.doi.org/10.5339/jlghs.2015.itma.102</a></p>
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spelling Traffic medicine and road safety: South American perspectiveJack Szymanski (19772898)Health sciencesPublic healthTraffic accidentsPublic health problemMortality ratePan American Health OrganizationRoad safetyPublic policyHospital admissions<p dir="ltr">Worldwide, the injuries caused in traffic accidents constitute a public health problem of great importance. Its strong impact generates a high percentage of deaths, hospital admissions with high costs, material losses, pension costs, and of course too much suffering for the victims and their families. There is need for effective public policy, since traffic accidents in many cases are not actually “accidents” but pretty much predictable occurrences, therefore, preventable. According to the Pan American Health Organization's classification of the mortality rate (scored by country): a low risk rate is below 10 deaths per 100 thousand inhabitants; the medium risk is between 10 to 20 deaths; and high risk is above 20 deaths per 100 thousand inhabitant. Most countries in South America are between medium and high risk. In Brazil, the death rate by road accidents between 2000 and 2010 ranged from 18 to 22.5 deaths per 100 thousand inhabitants. Meaning, it entered the highest statistic.</p><h2 dir="ltr">Other Information</h2><p dir="ltr">Published in: Journal of Local and Global Health Science, title discontinued as of (2017)<br>License: <a href="https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/deed.en" target="_blank">https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/</a><br>See article on publisher's website: <a href="https://dx.doi.org/10.5339/jlghs.2015.itma.102" target="_blank">https://dx.doi.org/10.5339/jlghs.2015.itma.102</a></p>2015-11-12T09:00:00ZTextJournal contributioninfo:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersiontextcontribution to journal10.5339/jlghs.2015.itma.102https://figshare.com/articles/journal_contribution/Traffic_medicine_and_road_safety_South_American_perspective/27143379CC BY 4.0info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccessoai:figshare.com:article/271433792015-11-12T09:00:00Z
spellingShingle Traffic medicine and road safety: South American perspective
Jack Szymanski (19772898)
Health sciences
Public health
Traffic accidents
Public health problem
Mortality rate
Pan American Health Organization
Road safety
Public policy
Hospital admissions
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title Traffic medicine and road safety: South American perspective
title_full Traffic medicine and road safety: South American perspective
title_fullStr Traffic medicine and road safety: South American perspective
title_full_unstemmed Traffic medicine and road safety: South American perspective
title_short Traffic medicine and road safety: South American perspective
title_sort Traffic medicine and road safety: South American perspective
topic Health sciences
Public health
Traffic accidents
Public health problem
Mortality rate
Pan American Health Organization
Road safety
Public policy
Hospital admissions