title: Individual and areal risk factors for road traffic injury deaths: nationwide study in South Korea.
abstract: This study determines the individual and areal risk factors for road traffic injury deaths in South Korea. The risk factors that influence road traffic injury deaths are defined by multilevel Poisson regression analysis. It is seen that not only demographic factors but also individual educational level, which represents socioeconomic status, influences road traffic injury deaths. The material deprivation index, which represents areal socioeconomic status, and W statistics, as a measure of the quality of the emergency medical system in an area, also influence road traffic injury deaths. Based on this study, the most vulnerable group for road traffic injury deaths is elderly men with a low level of education who live in the most deprived areas.Therefore, preventive policies focusing on both these areas and this population demographic should be established.
authors.affiliation: Seoul National University, Republic of Korea.
authors.forename: Kunhee
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Park
authors.forename: Seung-Sik
authors.initials: SS
authors.lastname: Hwang
authors.forename: Jin-Seok
authors.initials: JS
authors.lastname: Lee
authors.forename: Yoon
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Kim
authors.forename: Soonman
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Kwon
mesh_terms: D000063:Accidents, Traffic / Q000401:mortality*; D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D017677:Age Distribution; D000368:Aged; D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D004522:Educational Status; D004632:Emergency Medical Services / Q000592:standards; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D055361:Multilevel Analysis; D011204:Poverty Areas; D019984:Quality Indicators, Health Care; D056910:Republic of Korea / Q000453:epidemiology; D012307:Risk Factors; D012737:Sex Factors; D012923:Social Class; D014947:Wounds and Injuries / Q000401:mortality*; D055815:Young Adult