Road Traffic Injury in China: A Review of National Data Sources

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Table I Key national traffic injury data sources and RTI indicators in China

Data systems	MOH-Vital registration data (MOH-VR) (Ministry of Health China 2009)	Disease Surveillance Points (DSP) (Chinese Center for Disease Control and Prevention 2010)	National Injury Surveillance System (NISS) (Chinese Center for Disease Control and Prevention 2010)	Police-reported (Traffic Administration Bureau of the Public Security of PRC 2010)
Source	Ministry of Health (MOH)	CDC Information Center	CDC Chronic and Non-communicable Disease Control and Prevention (NCNCD)	Ministry of Public Security
Start year	1987	1990	2006	1995
Frequency	Annual	Annual	Annual	Annual
Reports	China Statistical Yearbook of Health	DSP Annual Report	NISS Annual Report	Yearbook of China Transportation and Communication
Population coverage	41 Urban and 85 rural centers, covers 8–10% of total population	161 Surveillance points, covers 73 million (6% of total population)	129 Hospitals in 43 counties/cities from 36 provinces, municipalities, autonomous regions and separate planning cities;	Nationwide
Aggregated report	ICD-10 by age, gender, and region	ICD-10 by age, gender, and region	Detailed injury types by age, gender, and region	Aggregated by crash causes
RTI indicators
Crashes				X
Nonfatal injuries			X	X
Fatal injuries	X	X	X	X
Geographical location	X	X	X	X
Cause of RTI	X	X	X	X
Outcome of nonfatal injuries			X
Cost data				X
Number of registered vehicles				X
Road usage data				X

Figure 1 Police-reported of road traffic injury data and number of total registered vehicles, 1996–2010.

Figure 2 Rate of road traffic deaths (per 100,000), by age, gender, and rural/urban areas in China, 2008. Data source: Disease Surveillance Points (DSP) 2008.

Figure 3 Comparisons of road traffic fatality rate from 3 data sources.

Figure 4 Clinic nature of road traffic injuries, 2006–2009. Data source: China Injury Surveillance 2006–2009.