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KMID : 0379919830080010089
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Journal of The Korea Socity of Health Informatics and Statistics
1983 Volume.8 No. 1 p.89 ~ p.95
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An Epidemiological Study of Motor Vehicle Accidents in Korea
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Abstract
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The accidents may be one of the major health problems and motor vehicle accidents are the most serious one of them. The study is aimed to analyze the status of the death and injury due to motor vehicle accidents as well as the general traffic conditions in Korea. And the authors have used the data and records of the accidents reported from the related administrative agencies and the automobile insurance company.
The findings are summarized as follows:
Ⅰ. As of the end of 1982 there are 646,996 motor vehicles and about 2.6 million people having driver´s licence in Korea.
Ⅱ. Traffic accidents marked 93.3% cases and 93.5% of casualties of those due to all types of accidents.
Ⅲ. 359.1 motor vehicle accidents occurred, 15.5 persons died and 332.1 were injured from the accidents the rate per 100,000 people in 1982.
Ⅳ. It has noticed that the fatality rate in Seoul and Pusan Taegu City (2.7% respectively) is lower than that in other areas of the country (6.0%)
Ⅴ. The 46.199 injunes who were compensated from the Korean Automobile Insurance Company have been cared medical services for 17.8 days on the average.
Ⅵ. In Korea it is very serious with the highest rate of motor vehicle accidents beyond comparison to the other developed countries, especially in the death rate to the given vehicles.
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