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Road Safety: Issues and challenges

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Road Safety : issues and challenges

In 2004, road traffic deaths collisions were the sixth leading cause of death in the Eastern Mediterranean region of the World Health Organisation. They were the leading cause of death for the 15-29 year age group and the second for the 5-14 and 30-44 year age groups.

Along with Africa, the region has the world’s highest overall road traffic mortality rate. The mortality rate for young men in the 15-29 year age group ranks highest in the world (34.2 deaths per 100 000 inhabitants).

Table: Leading causes of death by age group,WHO Eastern Mediterranean region

Rank	0-4	5-14	15-29	30-44	45-69	70+	Total
1	Perinatal causes	Lower respiratory infections	Road Traffic Injuries	Ischemic heart disease	Ischemic heart disease	Ischemic heart disease	Ischemic heart disease
2	Lower respiratory infections	Road Traffic Injuries	War and conflict	Road Traffic Injuries	Cerebrovsascular disease	Cerebrovsascular disease	Perinatal causes
3	Diarrhoeal diseases	War and conflict	Tuberculosis	War and conflict	Chronic obstructive pulmonary disorder	Lower respiratory infections	Lower respiratory infections
4	Congenital anomalies	Malaria	Self-inflicted injuries	Tuberculosis	Tuberculosis	Hypertensive heart disease	Diarrhoeal diseases
5	Measles	Drowning	Lower respiratory infections	Drug consumption	Hypertensive heart disease	Chronic obstructive pulmonary disorder	Cerebrovsascular disease
6	Malaria	Measles	Violence	HIV/AIDS	Cirrhosis of the liver	Nephritis and nephrosis	Road Traffic Injuries
7	Whooping cough	Tuberculosis	Drowning	Lower respiratory infections	Lower respiratory infections	Diabetes mellitus	Tuberculosis
8	Meningitis	Cerebrovsascular disease	Fire	Self-inflicted injuries	Nephritis and nephrosis	Cirrhosis of the liver	Hypertensive heart disease
9	Tetanus	Congenital anomalies	Ischemic heart disease	Maternal haemorrhage	Road Traffic Injuries	Diarrhoeal diseases	War and conflict
10	Protein-energy malnutrition	Meningitis	Maternal haemorrhage	Ischemic heart disease	Diabetes mellitus	Inflammatory heart diseases	Chronic obstructive pulmonary disorder
11	Syphilis	Fire	Cerebrovsascular disease	Diarrhoeal diseases	Trachea, bronchus, lung cancers	Alzheimer disease and other dementia	Nephritis and nephrosis
12	Road Traffic Injuries	Chutes	Leukaemia	Asthma	War and conflict	Tuberculosis	Congenital anomalies

Source : OMS 2008, Global Burden of Disease (2004 update)

Le coût annuel des accidents pour la région est estimé à US$ 7.5 milliards ; le coût humain à 146 000 vies, devant les maladies telles que la tuberculose, la malaria et le VIH/Sida. A cela il faut ajouter les quelques 2.8 millions de blessés

Eastern Mediterranean status report on road safety. Call for action, OMS 2010

La mortalité routière comparée à d’autres causes de mortalité,région Méditerranée orientale (Estimation 2004)

Source : OMS 2008, Global Burden of Disease (2004 update)