Comparison of road traffic fatalities and injuries in Iran with other countries.
OBJECTIVE
To compare fatalities and injuries in road traffic crashes (RTC) in Iran with other countries.


METHODS
Data were obtained from national health sources of Iran. These data included population number, registered motor-vehicles number, number of RTCs and consequent fatalities and injuries from 1997 to 2006.


RESULTS
RTC fatality and injury rates increased from 1997 to 2005, but decreased in 2006. The overall men/women ratio in the RTC fatalities was 4.2:1. High RTC fatality rate of 39 per 100 000 population in Iran was almost the same as some other developing countries. In Iran, RTC fatalities in recent years were almost twice as much as the highest rate among the European countries.


CONCLUSIONS
This investigation shows that in spite of reduction of RTC fatality in Iran in 2006, it is still one of the highest in the world. Moreover, this paper describes the state of RTC-related parameters in a developing country in comparison with the developed countries.
Trauma and Surgery Research Center, Sina Hospital, Medical Sciences/University of Tehran, Tehran, Iran.
Mohammad R
MR
Rasouli
Mohsen
M
Nouri
Mohammad-Reza
MR
Zarei
Soheil
S
Saadat
Vafa
V
Rahimi-Movaghar
D000063:Accidents, Traffic / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D019049:Developed Countries; D003906:Developing Countries; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007492:Iran / Q000453:epidemiology; D008297:Male; D014947:Wounds and Injuries / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000401:mortality*