Magnitude and risk factors of road traffic injury disabilities: evidence from Bangladesh Health and Injury Survey

There are indications that RTIs are increasing in Bangladesh; exact magnitude and risk factors of RTI disability in Bangladesh is unknown. A cross sectional study was conducted through multistage cluster sampling to investigate the magnitude and risk factors of RTI disabilities within 819,429 populations. Incidence of fatal and non-fatal was 12.9 and 134.5 per 100,000 population respectively. The incidence rate of RTI disability was 163.5 per 100,000 population. A significantly higher rate was observed among males and rural areas. Most of RTI disabilities found among pedestrians. RTI disabilities are an important public health issue in Bangladesh and need preventive interventions.

• Record URL:
  http://acrs.org.au/publications/acrs-conference-papers/acrs-database/
• Supplemental Notes:
  • Extended abstract only
• Authors:
  • Baset, M K
  • Towner, E
  • Hossain, M J
  • Chowdhury, S M
  • Rahman, A
  • Mashreky, S R
  • Rahman, A K
• Conference:
  • Australasian Road Safety Conference, 2016, Canberra, ACT, Australia
• Publication Date: 2016-9

Language

• English

Media Info

• Pagination: 2p
• Monograph Title: Proceedings of the 2016 Australasian Road Safety Conference, 6-8 September, Canberra, Australia

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Crashes; Injuries; Injury severity; Persons with disabilities; Risk assessment; Rural areas; Traffic crashes
• Uncontrolled Terms: Safe systems (road users)
• Geographic Terms: Bangladesh
• ATRI Terms: Disabled person; Injury prevention; Injury severity; Risk assessment; Rural area; Traffic crash
• Subject Areas: Safety and Human Factors; I84: Personal Injuries;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 01617856
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: ARRB
• Files: ITRD, ATRI
• Created Date: Nov 28 2016 2:25PM