title: Seat-Belt Use In US Counties: Limited Progress Toward Healthy People 2020 Objectives.
abstract: Spikes in automobile fatalities in 2015 and 2016 have renewed discussions about automobile safety. We measured the prevalence of reported seat-belt compliance in every US county from 2002 to 2012 and found considerable variation.
authors.affiliation: Jacob Sunshine (jesun@uw.edu) is an assistant professor in the Department of Anesthesiology and Pain Medicine at the University of Washington, in Seattle.
authors.forename: Jacob
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Sunshine
authors.affiliation: Laura Dwyer-Lindgren is a researcher at the Institute for Health Metrics and Evaluation, University of Washington.
authors.forename: Laura
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Dwyer-Lindgren
authors.affiliation: Alan Chen is a data analyst at the Institute for Health Metrics and Evaluation, University of Washington.
authors.forename: Alan
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Chen
authors.affiliation: Ali H. Mokdad is director of Middle Eastern initiatives and professor of global health at the Institute for Health Metrics and Evaluation, University of Washington.
authors.forename: Ali H
authors.initials: AH
authors.lastname: Mokdad
mesh_terms: D000063:Accidents, Traffic / Q000401:mortality / Q000517:prevention & control*; D001334:Automobile Driving / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence; D040343:Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System; D005260:Female; D040361:Healthy People Programs; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D012622:Seat Belts / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D012737:Sex Factors
keywords: epidemiology trauma motor vehicle crash seat belt