| Motor-vehicle safety: a 20th century public health achievement. | |
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PMID: 10369577 Owner: NLM Status: MEDLINE |
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The reduction of the rate of death attributable to motor-vehicle crashes in the United States represents the successful public health response to a great technologic advance of the 20th century-the motorization of America. Six times as many people drive today as in 1925, and the number of motor vehicles in the country has increased 11-fold since then to approximately 215 million. The number of miles traveled in motor vehicles is 10 times higher than in the mid-1920s. Despite this steep increase in motor-vehicle travel, the annual death rate has declined from 18 per 100 million vehicle miles traveled (VMT) in 1925 to 1.7 per 100 million VMT in 1997-a 90% decrease. |
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Type: Journal Article |
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Title: MMWR. Morbidity and mortality weekly report Volume: 48 ISSN: 0149-2195 ISO Abbreviation: MMWR Morb. Mortal. Wkly. Rep. Publication Date: 1999 May |
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Created Date: 1999-06-15 Completed Date: 1999-06-15 Revised Date: 2008-02-14 |
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Nlm Unique ID: 7802429 Medline TA: MMWR Morb Mortal Wkly Rep Country: UNITED STATES |
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Languages: eng Pagination: 369-74 Citation Subset: IM |
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Accidents, Traffic
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prevention & control*,
statistics & numerical data*,
trends Automobiles* Humans Safety* United States / epidemiology |
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MMWR Morb Mortal Wkly Rep 1999 Jun 11;48(22):473 |
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