- Title
- The New Zealand trauma system verification
- Creator
- Flabouris, Arthas; Civil, Ian Donald Shepherd; Balogh, Zsolt J.; Isles, Siobhan
- Relation
- Journal of Trauma and Acute Care Surgery Vol. 89, Issue 3, p. 585-596
- Publisher Link
- http://dx.doi.org/10.1097/TA.0000000000002774
- Publisher
- Lippincott Williams & Wilkins
- Resource Type
- journal article
- Date
- 2020
- Description
- Globally, trauma is a leading cause of death and disability among those 45 years and younger and deaths from road trauma contribute to approximately 25%. Although there are large discrepancies in national trauma incidence and survival, within low- and middle-income countries, approximately 85% of road deaths, 90% of disability-adjusted life years lost, and 96% of all children killed, are as a result of road trauma. In economic terms, the cost of injuries following road trauma is substantial and estimated to be 1% of gross national product in low-income, 1.5% in middle-income, and 2% in high-income countries. The human consequences are also significant, with 80% of major trauma survivors experiencing injury-related disability at 12 months.
- Subject
- trauma; injury; road trauma; Australasian trauma verification program
- Identifier
- http://hdl.handle.net/1959.13/1419866
- Identifier
- uon:37506
- Identifier
- ISSN:2163-0755
- Language
- eng
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