Christina Breil, Michael Lillich
Health literacy education of children in Austrian elementary schools
Health education research
past two decades many changes automotive medical technologies road infrastructure trauma systems demographic changes may influenced injury outcomes aim study examine injury trends among traffic casualties specifically private car occupants hospitalized level trauma centers tc retrospective cohort study performed based data israel national trauma registry data included occupants private cars hospitalized six level tc due traffic collision related injury january 1 1998 december 31 2019 demographic injury hospitalization characteristics inhospital mortality analyzed chisquared x2 test multivariable logistic regression models spearmans rank correlation used analyze injury data trends study period 21173 private car occupants 14078 drivers 4527 front passengers 2568 rear passengers hospitalized due traffic crash percentage females hospitalized due car crash increased 377 1998 537 2019 twofold increase hospitalizations among older adult drivers ages 65 observed 65 1998 157 2018 126 2019 increase observed severe traumatic brain injury statistically significant increase severe abdominal thoracic injuries observed among nonjewish population along constant decrease inhospital mortality study provides interesting findings regarding injury demographic trends among car occupants past two decades mortality among private car occupant casualties decreased study period however increase serious abdominal thoracic injuries identified results used design implement policies interventions reducing injury disability among car occupants