ACCIDENTS IN AUSTRALIA: THE NEED FOR RESEARCH

THE DOMINANT ROLE OF ACCIDENTS AS A MAJOR SOURCE OF MORBIDITY IS DEMONSTRATED AND DISCUSSED. YOUNG MALES (UNDER 20 YEARS) HAVE THREE TIMES THE AVERAGE ROAD INJURY RATE, BUT ONLY THREE-QUARTERS THE AVERAGE OCCUPATIONAL INJURY RATE; NO DIFFERENTIAL INVOLVEMENT EXISTS FOR YOUNG MALES IN VEHICULAR INJURIES AT WORK; MALES SUFFER MORE INJURIES THAN FEMALES IN EVERY AGE GROUP, BOTH ON THE ROADS AND AT WORK. IT IS SUGGESTED THAT DIFFERENCES IN QUANTITATIVE AND QUALITATIVE EXPOSURE CONSTITUTE ONLY A PARTIAL EXPLANATION OF DIFFERENTIAL INJURY INVOLVEMENT, AND THE PRESENCE OF SOME OTHER SYSTEMATIC CAUSAL FACTOR IS POSTUALTED. /HSL/

• Availability:
  • Find a library where document is available. Order URL: http://worldcat.org/issn/0025729X
• Authors:
  • WIGGLESWORTH, E C
• Publication Date: 1970-5

Media Info

• Features: References;
• Pagination: p. 1113-20
• Serial:
  • Medical Journal of Australia
  • Volume: 1
  • Publisher: Australasian Medical Publishing Company
  • ISSN: 0025-729X
  • Serial URL: https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/journal/13265377

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Age; Crash exposure; Crashes; Fatalities; Gender; Injuries
• Subject Areas: Highways; Safety and Human Factors; Society;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00221724
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: Highway Safety Literature
• Files: TRIS
• Created Date: Aug 3 1972 12:00AM