Health and Life-Related Burden of Motor Vehicle Injuries in Addis Ababa
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2010-07
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Addis Abeba Universty
Abstract
Ethiopia has a relatively high number of fatalities due to road traffic injuries per number of
vehicles as compared to many countries in the world, with a death rate of 80 per 10,000 vehicles.
Based on reports from Federal Police Commission, more than 94% of road traffic injuries in
Ethiopia occur due to motor vehicle crashes and 60% of road traffic crashes in the country are
reported from Addis Ababa. This study aimed to estimate the health and life related burden of
motor vehicle injuries that occurred in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia during the year 2001 EFY. The
study was conducted from February to June 2010 in six hospitals of the metropolis. It was
designed as prevalence based cost -of- illness study from a societal perspective. A retrospective
descriptive study was conducted to capture costs incurred by motor vehicle injuries in Addis
Ababa in 2001 EFY. Multi-stage cluster sampling technique was used to select 364 study
subjects. The total health and life-related cost of motor vehicle injuries in Addis Ababa was
estimated to be 31,692,892 birr. Out of this, the indirect and direct costs were 20, 608, 801 and
11,084,091 birr respectively. In conclusion, the enormous health and life related burden caused
by motor vehicle injuries implies that such injuries are health problems of economic importance
demanding more attention from health planners and policy makers. The health sector should
collaborate with other agencies in the prevention of motor vehicle injuries so as to reduce the
immense economic burden it inflicts on health services.
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Health and Life-Related Burden