TY - JOUR
T1 - Bicyclist mortality between 2006 and 2010 in China
T2 - Findings from national disease surveillance points (DSP) data
AU - Zhou, Maigeng
AU - Hu, Guoqing
AU - Wang, Lijun
AU - Ma, Sai
AU - Wang, Lin
AU - Li, Qingfeng
AU - Hyder, Adnan A.
PY - 2014/2
Y1 - 2014/2
N2 - Context While road traffic mortality has been reported to be seriously undercounted by the police in China, non-police-reported data have not been explored previously to examine vulnerable road user mortality. Objective To examine changes in bicyclist mortality between 2006 and 2010 in China, using the Disease Surveillance Points (DSP) data of China. Design, setting and data source Mortality data of 2006-2010 from DSP data, covering 73 million population, was analysed. Poisson regression was used to examine the significance of year after controlling for sex, age and urban/rural location. Main outcome measure(s) Mortality rate and mortality rate ratio (MRR). Results Between 2006 and 2010, the mortality rate for bicyclists increased from 1.1 to 1.6 per 100 000 population according to DSP data. Between 2006 and 2010, more than 90% of bicyclist deaths were undercounted by the police compared to the findings from DSP data. Contrary to the 34% increase between 2006 and 2010 reflected by DSP data (adjusted MRR: 1.34, 95% CI 1.23 to 1.46), police data revealed a 64% decrease in bicyclist mortality (unadjusted MRR: 0.36, 95% CI 0.32 to 0.40) in the study time period. Conclusions Health data should be used to assess the road traffic injuries in China. The recent increase in bicyclist mortality merits attention from policy makers and researchers.
AB - Context While road traffic mortality has been reported to be seriously undercounted by the police in China, non-police-reported data have not been explored previously to examine vulnerable road user mortality. Objective To examine changes in bicyclist mortality between 2006 and 2010 in China, using the Disease Surveillance Points (DSP) data of China. Design, setting and data source Mortality data of 2006-2010 from DSP data, covering 73 million population, was analysed. Poisson regression was used to examine the significance of year after controlling for sex, age and urban/rural location. Main outcome measure(s) Mortality rate and mortality rate ratio (MRR). Results Between 2006 and 2010, the mortality rate for bicyclists increased from 1.1 to 1.6 per 100 000 population according to DSP data. Between 2006 and 2010, more than 90% of bicyclist deaths were undercounted by the police compared to the findings from DSP data. Contrary to the 34% increase between 2006 and 2010 reflected by DSP data (adjusted MRR: 1.34, 95% CI 1.23 to 1.46), police data revealed a 64% decrease in bicyclist mortality (unadjusted MRR: 0.36, 95% CI 0.32 to 0.40) in the study time period. Conclusions Health data should be used to assess the road traffic injuries in China. The recent increase in bicyclist mortality merits attention from policy makers and researchers.
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U2 - 10.1136/injuryprev-2012-040510
DO - 10.1136/injuryprev-2012-040510
M3 - Article
C2 - 23710068
AN - SCOPUS:84892815778
SN - 1353-8047
VL - 20
SP - 7
EP - 10
JO - Injury Prevention
JF - Injury Prevention
IS - 1
ER -