Title |
Pedestrian injury and the built environment: an environmental scan of hotspots
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Published in |
BMC Public Health, July 2009
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DOI | 10.1186/1471-2458-9-233 |
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Authors |
Nadine Schuurman, Jonathan Cinnamon, Valorie A Crooks, S Morad Hameed |
Abstract |
Pedestrian injury frequently results in devastating and costly injuries and accounts for 11% of all road user fatalities. In the United States in 2006 there were 4,784 fatalities and 61,000 injuries from pedestrian injury, and in 2007 there were 4,654 fatalities and 70,000 injuries. In Canada, injury is the leading cause of death for those under 45 years of age and the fourth most common cause of death for all ages Traumatic pedestrian injury results in nearly 4000 hospitalizations in Canada annually. These injuries result from the interplay of modifiable environmental factors. The objective of this study was to determine links between the built environment and pedestrian injury hotspots in Vancouver. |
X Demographics
Geographical breakdown
Country | Count | As % |
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Canada | 2 | 40% |
Unknown | 3 | 60% |
Demographic breakdown
Type | Count | As % |
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Members of the public | 5 | 100% |
Mendeley readers
Geographical breakdown
Country | Count | As % |
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Canada | 3 | 2% |
United States | 2 | 1% |
Kazakhstan | 1 | <1% |
Australia | 1 | <1% |
France | 1 | <1% |
India | 1 | <1% |
Turkey | 1 | <1% |
Japan | 1 | <1% |
Brazil | 1 | <1% |
Other | 0 | 0% |
Unknown | 168 | 93% |
Demographic breakdown
Readers by professional status | Count | As % |
---|---|---|
Student > Master | 38 | 21% |
Student > Ph. D. Student | 30 | 17% |
Researcher | 26 | 14% |
Student > Bachelor | 14 | 8% |
Student > Doctoral Student | 9 | 5% |
Other | 32 | 18% |
Unknown | 31 | 17% |
Readers by discipline | Count | As % |
---|---|---|
Social Sciences | 39 | 22% |
Engineering | 37 | 21% |
Medicine and Dentistry | 27 | 15% |
Nursing and Health Professions | 8 | 4% |
Computer Science | 7 | 4% |
Other | 30 | 17% |
Unknown | 32 | 18% |