Citation

Alghnam S, Palta M, Hamedani AG, Remington PL, Alkelya M, Albedah K, Durkin MS. Inj. Epidemiol. 2014; 1(1): 21.

Copyright

(Copyright © 2014, The author(s), Publisher Holtzbrinck Springer Nature Publishing Group - BMC)

DOI

10.1186/s40621-014-0021-4

PMID

unavailable

Abstract

Traffic-related fatalities are a leading cause of premature death worldwide. According to the 2012 report the Global Burden of Disease 2010, traffic injuries ranked 8th as a cause of death in 2010, compared to 10th in 1990. Saudi Arabia is estimated to have an overall traffic fatality rate more than double that of the U.S., but it is unknown whether mortality differences also exist for injured patients seeking medical care. We aim to compare in-hospital mortality between Saudi Arabia and the United States, adjusting for severity and demographic variables.

Language: en