Department of Global Health and Population, Harvard School of Public Health, Boston, USA.
Int J Inj Contr Saf Promot. 2010 Dec;17(4):239-46. doi: 10.1080/17457300.2010.490919.
We used data from multiple sources to estimate the incidence of fatal and non-fatal road traffic injuries in Sri Lanka in 2005. We validated the accuracy of the data from the national traffic police by comparing with estimates based on national death registration. For estimating the incidence and patterns of non-fatal injuries, we used a nationally represented health survey (World Health Survey), and data on hospital admissions from a rural setting (Galle district). We estimate that in the year 2005, approximately 2300 people died in Sri Lanka due to road traffic crashes, approximately 300,000 were injured in non-fatal crashes and approximately 140,000 received care for their injuries at hospitals. While the road traffic death rate in Sri Lanka is low compared with other low-income countries, it has been steadily rising for several years. Although young adults are at high risk in non-fatal crashes, the elderly have the highest death rate. Pedestrians and bicyclists account for more than half of all road traffic deaths and riders of motorised two-wheelers accounted for an additional 13%. The government of Sri Lanka should act immediately to stop the needless loss of life by implementing the recommendations of the 2004 World Report on Road Traffic Injury Prevention.
我们利用多方面的数据，估计了 2005 年斯里兰卡致命和非致命道路交通伤害的发生率。我们将国家交通警察的数据与基于国家死亡登记的估计进行了比较，以验证数据的准确性。为了估计非致命伤害的发生率和模式，我们使用了一项具有全国代表性的健康调查（世界卫生调查），以及来自农村地区（加勒地区）的医院入院数据。我们估计，在 2005 年，大约有 2300 人死于道路交通碰撞，大约有 30 万人在非致命碰撞中受伤，大约有 14 万人在医院接受治疗。虽然与其他低收入国家相比，斯里兰卡的道路交通死亡率较低，但近年来一直在稳步上升。尽管年轻人在非致命事故中风险较高，但老年人的死亡率最高。行人和骑自行车的人占所有道路交通死亡人数的一半以上，骑两轮机动车的人占另外 13%。斯里兰卡政府应立即采取行动，通过实施 2004 年《世界预防道路交通伤害报告》的建议，制止无谓的生命损失。
