@article{ref1,
title="Mortality risk associated with leaving home: recognizing the relevance of the built environment.<br />",
journal="American journal of public health",
year="2003",
author="Lucy, William H.",
volume="93",
number="9",
pages="1564-1569",
abstract="OBJECTIVES: I analyzed traffic fatalities and  homicides related to leaving home for routine activities, and considered  connections between these fatalities and the built environment. METHODS: I  analyzed city, county, state, and federal data for traffic fatalities and  homicides by strangers for 15 metropolitan areas, and classified deaths as  occurring in the central city, in inner suburbs, or in outer suburbs (exurbs).  RESULTS: Traffic fatality rates were highest in exurban areas. Combined traffic  fatality and homicide-by-stranger rates were higher in some or all outer  counties than in central cities or inner suburbs in all of the metropolitan  areas studied. CONCLUSIONS: Traffic fatalities are largely unrecognized as a  danger to be factored into residential location decisions. Land use controls  that deter sprawl along narrow exurban roads can reduce the mortality risks  associated with leaving home.",
language="",
issn="0090-0036",
doi="",
url="http://dx.doi.org/"
}