A small area study of motor vehicle crash fatalities in Alberta, Canada Export

@article{Kmet2003, abstract = {This study examined the small area variation in motor vehicle crash fatality rates in the province of Alberta, Canada. Motor vehicle crash fatality rates per 100000 population (1995-1997, inclusive) were determined for five geographic areas in the province. The rates showed substantial, statistically significant variation across areas, with fatality rates lowest in the urban areas of Calgary and Edmonton, and highest in the rural areas (south, central, and northern Alberta). Examination of area-level predictors-population density, impaired driving citation rates, education level, unemployment levels, and ethnicity-showed that population density and impaired driving rates were associated with motor vehicle crash fatality rates. There was a five-fold difference in annual motor vehicle crash fatality rates between rural (22.9/100000) and urban areas (4.4/100000), whereas annual impaired driving rates were around 1.8\% in rural areas, compared with 0.6\% in urban areas. Because of multicollinearity problems, it was not possible to estimate a multivariable Poisson regression model. In conclusion, rural areas in the province of Alberta demonstrate a significantly higher motor vehicle crash fatality rate, compared with urban areas.}, author = {Kmet, L. and Brasher, P. and Macarthur, C.}, citeulike-article-id = {1130081}, journal = {Accid Anal Prev}, keywords = {80, accidents, adolescent, adult, aged, albertaepidemiology, analysis, and, atlas, child, control, cross-sectional, demography, factors, female, human, infant, male, middle, newborn, over, preschool, risk, small-area, studies, trafficmortalityprevention}, month = {Mar}, number = {2}, posted-at = {2007-02-28 15:56:15}, priority = {2}, title = {A small area study of motor vehicle crash fatalities in Alberta, Canada}, volume = {35}, year = {2003} }

TY - JOUR ID - Kmet2003 L3 - citeulike-article-id:1130081 N2 - This study examined the small area variation in motor vehicle crash fatality rates in the province of Alberta, Canada. Motor vehicle crash fatality rates per 100000 population (1995-1997, inclusive) were determined for five geographic areas in the province. The rates showed substantial, statistically significant variation across areas, with fatality rates lowest in the urban areas of Calgary and Edmonton, and highest in the rural areas (south, central, and northern Alberta). Examination of area-level predictors-population density, impaired driving citation rates, education level, unemployment levels, and ethnicity-showed that population density and impaired driving rates were associated with motor vehicle crash fatality rates. There was a five-fold difference in annual motor vehicle crash fatality rates between rural (22.9/100000) and urban areas (4.4/100000), whereas annual impaired driving rates were around 1.8% in rural areas, compared with 0.6% in urban areas. Because of multicollinearity problems, it was not possible to estimate a multivariable Poisson regression model. In conclusion, rural areas in the province of Alberta demonstrate a significantly higher motor vehicle crash fatality rate, compared with urban areas. IS - 2 JF - Accid Anal Prev TI - A small area study of motor vehicle crash fatalities in Alberta, Canada VL - 35 KW - 80 KW - accidents KW - adolescent KW - adult KW - aged KW - albertaepidemiology KW - analysis KW - and KW - atlas KW - child KW - control KW - cross-sectional KW - demography KW - factors KW - female KW - human KW - infant KW - male KW - middle KW - newborn KW - over KW - preschool KW - risk KW - small-area KW - studies KW - trafficmortalityprevention AU - Kmet, L AU - Brasher, P AU - Macarthur, C PY - 2003/Mar// ER -