“Trauma - The Neglected disease of Modern Developing Nations”
All Trauma Data from India Primarily emanates out of Road Traffic Injury estimates
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Road-traffic accidents are increasing at annual rate of 3%.
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In 1997, 10.1% of all deaths in India were due to accidents and injuries
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A vehicular accident is reported every 2 minutes and a death every 8 minutes on Indian roads
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During 1998
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nearly 80,000 lives were lost and
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330,000 people were injured
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78% were men in age group of 20-44 years, causing significant impact on productivity
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A trauma-related death occurs in India every 1.9 minutes
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The majority of fatal road-traffic accident victims are pedestrians, two wheeler riders and bicyclists
Trauma and Injury is a major blow to our economy
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Mortality in serious (ISS > 16) injuries 6X worse in a developing country such as India compared to a developed country
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90% of all Road Traffic Deaths – Middle and Low Income Countries like India
In addition to excess mortality, tremendous burden of disability in developing nations
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India Loses approx 2-2.5% of its GDP to only Road Traffic Injuries
