OBJECTIVES This study evaluated the contributions of rural residence, alcohol use, and pedestrian fatalities to the high American Indian motor-vehicle crash mortality rate in Arizona. METHODS Records from the Fatal Accident Reporting System were used to examine mortality rates between 1979 and 1988. RESULTS American Indians had increased relative risks in all motor-vehicle crash categories ...

BACKGROUND The British merchant fleet has expanded in recent years but it is not known whether this expansion has led to proportionate changes in mortality. AIMS To investigate mortality from accidents and injuries in British merchant shipping, to determine whether this has increased in recent years, to compare fatal accident rates across British industries and to review fatal accident rates ...

BACKGROUND Trauma is the most prevalent cause of death in the young. Insight into cause and time of fatal pediatric and adolescent trauma is important for planning trauma care and preventive measures. Our aim was to analyze cause, severity, mode and seasonal aspects of fatal pediatric trauma. METHODS Review of all consecutive autopsies for pediatric fatal trauma during a 10-year period within...

conclusions most traumas in qom province occurred among younger age-groups and strikes and fallsn are the main causes of such traumas. therefore, safeties to prevent falls and trafficn regulations to reduce strikes can be effective strategies. patients and methods a cross–sectional study was conducted on 29426 injured people referred to qomn province hospitals in 2010. information about place, ...

l i t t l e i m p o r t a n c e or attention has been given to the role of alcohol in civil general aviation accidents. Its significance has never been determined. This is evidenced, for ex­ ample, by most recent authoritative accident statistical reports (2, 3 ). In these statistical reviews, covering 929 general aviation fatal accidents which occurred in the years 1960 and 1961, only eight ca...

Pedestrian versus motor vehicle accidents (PVMVAs) are a common cause of morbidity and mortality around the globe. Past models of PVMVAs assume lower-extremity vehicle contact as the initiating event, with a subsequent predicted injury sequence consisting of a lower extremity injury followed by injury to the body, head, and upper extremities. The term "fatal triad" was first coined by Farley, w...

right). Pedestrian accidents represent the second-largest source of traffic-related injuries and fatalities, after accidents involving car passengers. Children are especially at risk (see Figure 1). This problem’s magnitude has caught legislators’ attention. The EU, for example, is studying proposals for legislating maximum-tolerated impact coefficients for a vehicle hitting a child or adult pe...