Impact of the 2011 Libyan conflict on road traffic injuries in Benghazi, Libya

Libyan journal of medicine

Zuhir Bodalal¹ 

关键词: road traffic accidents;    road traffic injuries;    motor vehicle;    trauma;    armed conflict;    mortality;    morbidity;    Benghazi;    Libya;   

DOI  :  10.3402/ljm.v10.26930

学科分类：医学（综合）

来源: Co-Action Publishing

【 摘 要 】

BackgroundRoad traffic injuries (RTIs) are a major public health concern in Libya. In the light of the armed conflict in Libya that broke out on February 2011 and the subsequent instability, the rate and pattern of RTIs was studied.MethodsRTI patient data were gathered from Al-Jalaa hospital, the main trauma center in Benghazi, from 2010 to 2011. Various parameters [i.e. age, gender, nationality, method of entry, receiving department, intensive care unit (ICU) admission, duration of stay, method of discharge, and fatalities] were compared with data from the previous year (2010), and statistical analyses were performed (t-test, chi-square, and Poisson regression).ResultsDuring the conflict period, 15.8% (n=2,221) of hospital admissions were RTIs, that is, a rate of 6.08 RTI cases per day, levels not seen for 5 years (t=−5.719, p<0.001). The presence of armed conflict was found to have caused a significant 28% decrease in the trend of RTIs over the previous 10 years (B=−0.327, CI=−0.38–−0.28, p<0.001). Febr...

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