title: Incidence of road injuries in Mexico: country report.
abstract: We used data from various sources to triangulate to a national snapshot of the incidence of fatal and non-fatal road traffic injuries in Mexico in 2005. Data sources used include national death registration data, national hospital discharge data and a nationally representative health survey. We estimate that in 2005, 19,389 people died due to injuries and nearly one million were injured in road traffic crashes. While deaths in high-income countries are declining, this is not the case in Mexico. Young adult males are the demographic at the highest risk in non-fatal crashes, but the elderly have the highest road death rates primarily due to pedestrian crashes. Pedestrians alone comprise nearly half (48%) of all deaths. Cars pose a substantial threat to occupants (38% of deaths and 39% of hospital admissions) and to other road users.
authors.affiliation: Harvard University Initiative for Global Health, 104 Mt Auburn St, Cambridge, MA 02138, USA.
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Bartels
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Bhalla
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Shahraz
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Abraham
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Lozano
authors.forename: C J L
authors.initials: CJ
authors.lastname: Murray
mesh_terms: D000063:Accidents, Traffic / Q000401:mortality*; D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D001334:Automobile Driving; D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D016208:Databases, Factual; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D015994:Incidence; D007223:Infant; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D008297:Male; D008800:Mexico / Q000453:epidemiology; D008875:Middle Aged; D011159:Population Surveillance; D055815:Young Adult