Citation

Duma O. Rev. Med. Chir. Soc. Med. Nat. Iasi 2002; 106(4): 787-791.

Vernacular Title

Morbiditate si mortalitate prin accidente rutiere in judetul Vrancea.

Affiliation

Facultatea de Medicina Disciplina de Sanatate Publica si Management, Universitatea de Medicina si Farmacie Gr.T. Popa Iasi.

Copyright

(Copyright © 2002, Societatii De Medici Si Naturalisti)

DOI

unavailable

PMID

14974230

Abstract

Nowadays, road accidents represent an important cause of morbidity and mortality. The present paper is a descriptive study of the most important factors involved in road accidents appearance from the district of Vrancea, in year 2001 and assesses the gravity of premature deaths using potential years of lost life (PYLL). In this district, the level of PYLL due to road accidents in male is significant higher in comparison with female (964 and respectively 408), these data being in concordance with PYLL of the entire country. The most frequent causes involved in road accidents are related to human factor and less to vehicle or road conditions. This category of trauma and deaths may be entirely prevented through educational, law, control or technical measures and using descriptive epidemiological data regarding road traffic.