TY - JOUR JF - Yektaweb_Journals JO - Salmand: Iranian Journal of Ageing VL - 7 IS - 1 PY - 2012 Y1 - 2012/4/01 TI - Road Accident Mortality Rate of the Iranian Elderly from 2006 to 2008 TT - وضعیت مرگ‌ومیر ناشی از تصادفات رانندگی در سالمندان ایرانی طی سال‌های 1385 الی 1387 N2 - Objectives: Mortality rate in traffic accident is high for Iranian elderly. Twenty percent of elderly people are involved in traffic accident in Iran `s cities every year. Methods & Materials: This study is a descriptive cross sectional study. All data in this field from 2006 to 2008 collected from forensic medicine centers across the country and were analyzed with SPSS software. Results: In general, 12029 deaths due to traffic accident occurred in people over 60 years old in Iran from 2006 to 2008. On average 65% of deaths were occurred in young-old: 34.5% in old group and 0.5% in the old-old group. In these years 19.2% of death in elderly people was occurred in drivers, 56.9% in pedestrians and 23.2% in occupants. On average, each year 46% of deaths in traffic accidents were happened in cities 46.3% on suburban roads, and 6.8% were occurred on rural roads. Conclusion: The rate of traffic accident in Iran is about 20 folds in compare to those of other countries. In years of study mortality rate in old and old-old age groups were increased and in young-old group was decreased. The frequency of deaths in elderly people due to traffic accidents was decreased in suburban roads and increased in urban roads. SP - 49 EP - 56 AU - Ghadirzadeh, Mohammad reza AU - Fadaye Vatan, Reza AU - Akbari kamrani, Ahmad Ali AU - Davatgaran, Keyvan AU - Hashemi Nazari, Seyed Saeed AU - Mirtorabi, Seyed Davood AD - Iranian Research Center on Ageing, University of Social Welfare and Rehabilitation Sciences, Tehran, Iran. KW - Elderly deaths KW - Accidents KW - Cause of death UR - http://salmandj.uswr.ac.ir/article-1-485-en.html ER -