Citation

Porshe HL. Am. J. Public Health 1937; 27(5): 511-513.

Affiliation

Registrars of Vital Statistics, Chicago Board of Health, Chicago, IL

Copyright

(Copyright © 1937, American Public Health Association)

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Abstract

The prevailing method for calculating mortality rates for deaths due to automobile accidents, as employed by the various public health agancies throughout the country, uses the total population as a basis. This may be a convenient method, but it is not entirely adequate, as can readily be seen by examining the ways in which the residents of a city contribute to traffic fatalities.