Garg Nitin, Hyder Adnan A
Department of International Health, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, Baltimore, MD 21205, USA.
Scand J Public Health. 2006;34(1):100-9. doi: 10.1080/14034940510032149.
India is the largest country in the South Asian region with all the problems faced by rapidly developing nations, especially increasing motorization. In spite of such developments, there are limited data in the literature addressing the problem of road traffic injuries. This article is an attempt to estimate the magnitude of the problem through published literature.
This article is a systematic review of the literature on road traffic injuries in India, conducted using three electronic databases and hand-searching of the selected articles. Final analyses were conducted with 22 studies.
Road traffic injuries are a significant burden on the health care system in India. The most commonly affected group is young males. Pedestrians constitute a large majority of the victims and there is high early mortality in most cases.
There is lack of population-based data on road traffic injuries in India and there is large heterogeneity in the published data. This is an important research agenda for the country. Immediate steps are required to curb this problem to limit the loss of life and resources.
印度是南亚地区最大的国家，面临着快速发展国家所面临的所有问题，尤其是机动车数量的不断增加。尽管有这些发展，但文献中针对道路交通伤害问题的数据有限。本文试图通过已发表的文献来估计该问题的严重程度。
本文是对印度道路交通伤害文献的系统综述，通过三个电子数据库以及对所选文章的手工检索进行。最终分析采用了22项研究。
道路交通伤害给印度的医疗保健系统带来了沉重负担。受影响最普遍的群体是年轻男性。行人占受害者的绝大多数，且大多数情况下早期死亡率很高。
印度缺乏基于人群的道路交通伤害数据，且已发表的数据存在很大的异质性。这是该国一个重要的研究议程。需要立即采取措施来遏制这一问题，以减少生命和资源的损失。
