HSCI 215 Lecture Notes - Lecture 2: Road Traffic Safety, Southeast Asia, Transport Canada
26 Sep 2017
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Road traffic injuries - fatal/non fatal injuries due to a collision in a public road involving at least one moving vehicle: causes highest 3 mortality worldwide. Most vulnerable road users = children, pedestrians, cyclists, riders and passengers of motorized two wheelers n the elderly. Income n social status: social support networks, education n literacy, employment/working conditions, social environments, physical environments, personal health practices n coping skills, healthy child development, biology n genetic endowment, health services, gender, culture. **low income individuals/countries are at higher risk: cant afford proper equipment like helmets, insurance, etc, lack of knowledge, poor infrastructure, poor roads. Increase in road traffic deaths due to more cars: reductions in deaths due to other health conditions, eg. Region that has highest # of mortality due to rtis = sear (south-east asia) Region has highest dalys lost due to rtis = sear (south-east asia)
