Study on traffic accidental deaths of townspeople in Liaoning province

  Objective   To describe the characteristics and trend of road traffic accident deaths among to wnspeople of Liaoning province.

  Methods   Death records from annual Liaoning province death statistics(1988-2000)were analyzed.

  Results   The death rate of road traffic accident was 10.07/10⁵, which was the first leading cause of injury death.The mortalit y of road traffic accidents had a tendency of increase from 1988 to 2000 in urban areas, especially formen.The death rate of men was higher than that of women and the ratio was 2.77.The highest death rate was found among the population within the age of 20 to 59 years old.The first three leading causes of death of traffic accident were the impact of locomotive with passerby, the impact of locomotive with nonlocomotive, the impact of locomotive with locomotive.

  Conclusion   Road traffic accidents were one of the leading cause of injuiry death and without effective control programs.