trends of mortality of road traffic accidents in fars province, southern iran, 2004 - 2010.
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the aim of this study was to investigate the trends in mortality from road traffic accidents (rta) in fars province, southern iran.the age and sex-standardized mortality rate attributed to rta from 2004 to 2010 in fars province was calculated using world standard population. we also used linear regression and chi-squared tests.over the period of study (7 years), 12954 people died in rta. the age- and sex-standardized mortality rate was 27 per 100,000. while the rate of death due to rta had an incremental rate in age group 18-30 years and among women, it had a decreasing trend in age groups 35-45, under18 and among men.an increase in mortality rate of rta among people aged 18-30 yr and women need to be addressed by health policy makers and other involved sections.
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iranian journal of public healthجلد ۴۳، شماره ۹، صفحات ۱۲۵۹-۶۵
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