Table 1 Frequency distribution of road traffic fatalities in East Azerbaijan 2010–2018
Variable | Attributes | Hospital death N (%) | Pre-hospital death | P-value | Missing N (%) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Gender | Male | 2237(38.16%) | 3625(61.84%) | 0.029 | 0 |
Female | 521(35.08%) | 964(64.92%) | |||
Education | Illiterate | 774(41.28%) | 1101(58.72%) | 0.001 | 177(2.41%) |
Diploma | 1408(37.66%) | 2331(62.34%) | |||
Graduate | 548(35.22%) | 1008(64.78%) | |||
The role of deceased | Driver/rider | 1073(35.77%) | 1927(64.23%) | < 0.001 | 65(0.88%) |
Pedestrian | 886(50.17%) | 880(49.83%) | |||
Passenger or a pillion passenger | 783(31.12%) | 1733(68.88%) | |||
Place of accident | Inner city | 1083(56.23%) | 843(43.77%) | < 0.001 | 56(076%) |
Sub-urban | 1646(30.68%) | 3719(69.32%) | |||
Accident district | Tabriz city | 886(51.30%) | 841(48.70%) | < 0.001 | 1(0.01) |
Others | 1872(33.32%) | 3747(66.68%) | |||
Vehicle used | Light vehicles | 1066(28.42%) | 2685(71.58%) | < 0.001 | 85(1.16%) |
Pedestrian | 881(50.29%) | 871(49.71%) | |||
Heavy vehicles | 71(22.68%) | 242(77.32%) | |||
Motorcycle & bike | 690(52.23%) | 631(47.77%) | |||
Other | 21(16.80%) | 104(83.20%) | |||
Counterpart vehicle | Light vehicles | 1367(44.15%) | 1729(55.85%) | < 0.001 | 342(4.65%) |
No counterpart vehicle | 661(35.44%) | 1204(64.56%) | |||
Heavy vehicles | 369(23.35%) | 1211(76.65%) | |||
Motorcycle & bike | 161(71.11%) | 65(28.89%) | |||
Other | 82(34.31%) | 157(65.69%) | |||
Lighting status | Day light | 1742(37.92%) | 2852(62.08%) | 0.011 | 405(5.51%) |
Night | 596(34.25%) | 1144(65.75%) | |||
Twilight | 208(34.21%) | 400(65.79%) | |||
Injured transport vehicle | Ambulance | 2284(37.73%) | 3770(62.27%) | 0.040 | 608(8.28%) |
Other | 231(33.72%) | 454(66.28%) | |||
Injured organs | Head and face | 2124(35.48%) | 3863(64.52%) | < 0.001 | 0 |
Other | 634(46.62%) | 726(53.38%) | |||
Cause of death | Head trauma | 1587(36.52%) | 2758(63.48%) | < 0.001 | 12(0.16%) |
Bleeding | 243(43.86%) | 311(56.14%) | |||
Multiple fractures | 435(39.62%) | 663(60.38%) | |||
Burns and choking | 18(16.22%) | 93(83.78%) | |||
Mixed causes | 413(36.74%) | 711(63.26%) | |||
Other | 57(55.34%) | 46(44.66%) | |||
Accident mechanism | Vehicle-Vehicle crash | 1115(32.70%) | 2295(67.30%) | < 0.001 | 136(1.85%) |
Vehicle-pedestrian | 887(50.46%) | 871(49.54%) | |||
Rollover | 471(33.81%) | 922(66.19%) | |||
Other | 237(36.46%) | 413(63.54%) |