Impact of road traffic accidents on the elderly

Highlights • Elderly hospitalization rate due to road accidents is increasing. • The majority of road accident victims in the elderly are pedestrians. • Head and neck are the most prevalent anatomical regions of injury in elderly. • In-hospital mortality rate is higher in elderly in comparison to ot...

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Veröffentlicht in:	Archives of gerontology and geriatrics 2015-11, Vol.61 (3), p.489-493
Hauptverfasser:	Etehad, H, Yousefzadeh-Chabok, Sh, Davoudi-Kiakalaye, A, Moghadam, Dehnadi A, Hemati, H, Mohtasham-Amiri, Z
Format:	Artikel
Sprache:	eng
Schlagworte:	Accidents, Traffic - classification Accidents, Traffic - statistics & numerical data Aged Aged, 80 and over Aging Chi-Square Distribution Cross-Sectional Studies Female Hospital Mortality Hospitalization Humans Injury Severity Score Internal Medicine Iran - epidemiology Male Middle Aged Motor Vehicles Motorcycles Old Age Outcome Road Trauma Traffic Walking - injuries Wounds and Injuries - epidemiology Wounds and Injuries - etiology
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Zusammenfassung:	Highlights • Elderly hospitalization rate due to road accidents is increasing. • The majority of road accident victims in the elderly are pedestrians. • Head and neck are the most prevalent anatomical regions of injury in elderly. • In-hospital mortality rate is higher in elderly in comparison to other age groups.
ISSN:	0167-4943 1872-6976
DOI:	10.1016/j.archger.2015.08.008