title: Prevalence and regional correlates of road traffic injury among Chinese urban residents: A 21-city population-based study.
abstract: This study estimated the prevalence of road traffic injury among Chinese urban residents and examined individual and regional-level correlates.
  
  
  
  A cross-sectional multistage process was used to sample residents from 21 selected cities in China. Survey respondents reported their history of road traffic injury in the past 12 months through a community survey. Multilevel, multivariable logistic regression analysis was used to identify injury correlates.
  
  
  
  Based on a retrospective 12-month reporting window, road traffic injury prevalence among urban residents was 13.2%. Prevalence of road traffic injury, by type, was 8.7, 8.7, 8.5, and 7.7% in the automobile, bicycle, motorcycle, and pedestrian categories, respectively. Multilevel analysis showed that prevalence of road traffic injury was positively associated with minority status, income, and mental health disorder score at the individual level. Regionally, road traffic injury was associated with geographic location of residence and prevalence of mental health disorders.
  
  
  
  Both individual and regional-level variables were associated with road traffic injury among Chinese urban residents, a finding whose implications transcend wholesale imported generic solutions. This descriptive research demonstrates an urgent need for longitudinal studies across China on risk and protective factors, in order to inform injury etiology, surveillance, prevention, treatment, and evaluation.
authors.affiliation: a Department of Epidemiology, School of Public Health , West Virginia University , Morgantown , West Virginia.|b Injury Control Research Center , West Virginia University , Morgantown , West Virginia.
authors.forename: Ian R H
authors.initials: IRH
authors.lastname: Rockett
authors.affiliation: c Department of Social Medicine/Center for Tobacco Control Research , Zhejiang University School of Medicine , Hangzhou, Zhejiang , China.
authors.forename: Shuhan
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Jiang
authors.affiliation: c Department of Social Medicine/Center for Tobacco Control Research , Zhejiang University School of Medicine , Hangzhou, Zhejiang , China.
authors.forename: Qian
authors.initials: Q
authors.lastname: Yang
authors.affiliation: b Injury Control Research Center , West Virginia University , Morgantown , West Virginia.|c Department of Social Medicine/Center for Tobacco Control Research , Zhejiang University School of Medicine , Hangzhou, Zhejiang , China.
authors.forename: Tingzhong
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Yang
authors.affiliation: d Department of Political Science and Sociology , Murray State University , Murray , Kentucky.
authors.forename: Xiaozhao Y
authors.initials: XY
authors.lastname: Yang
authors.affiliation: c Department of Social Medicine/Center for Tobacco Control Research , Zhejiang University School of Medicine , Hangzhou, Zhejiang , China.
authors.forename: Sihui
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Peng
authors.affiliation: c Department of Social Medicine/Center for Tobacco Control Research , Zhejiang University School of Medicine , Hangzhou, Zhejiang , China.
authors.forename: Lingwei
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Yu
mesh_terms: D000063:Accidents, Traffic / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D002681:China / Q000453:epidemiology; D002947:Cities; D003430:Cross-Sectional Studies; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D015995:Prevalence; D012111:Residence Characteristics / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D012189:Retrospective Studies; D012307:Risk Factors; D014505:Urban Population / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D014947:Wounds and Injuries / Q000453:epidemiology*; D055815:Young Adult
keywords: China; Road traffic injury; regional correlates