Citation

Clapham K, Senserrick TM, Ivers RQ, Lyford M, Stevenson MR. Injury 2008; 39(Suppl 5): S19-23.

Affiliation

Woolyungah Indigenous Centre, The University of Wollongong, Australia. kclapham@uow.edu.au

Copyright

(Copyright © 2008, Elsevier Publishing)

DOI

10.1016/S0020-1383(08)70025-1

PMID

19130913

Abstract

While transport-related injuries represent a leading cause of death for all Australians, several disparities exist between Indigenous and non-Indigenous populations. Compared to non-Indigenous Australians, Indigenous Australians are more than twice as likely to have a transport-related fatal injury, with fatality risk remaining high with age while declining among the non-Indigenous community. Few studies and appropriate databases exist to elucidate the causes and solutions to this over-representation. This paper presents a summary of known risk factors, discusses the impact of road injury at multiple levels and suggests steps towards addressing this significant public health problem.

Language: en