The Investigation of reasons for differences between the National Reports and World Health Organization estimates about road traffic deaths

摘要

Road traffic injuries (RTIs) and its related deaths is one of the main public health problems. The national and international efforts for reducing the RTIs and RTDs can only be successful if there be validated RTIs registry systems or precis related estimations. This information is important not only in the national but also at the international level because of carrying out the national and international coordinated efforts. In World Health Organization (WHO) reports in the years of 2009, 2011, 2013, 2015 and 2017 there are some differences about the numbers of RTDs between the national reports and WHO estimates for some high, middle and low-income countries. This study was aimed to investigate the differences in the numbers of RTDs between the national reports and WHO estimates.