Socioeconomic Inequality in Mortality from Road Traffic Accident in Iranian Children

Background:Although epidemiology of road traffic accidents (RTAs) and their determining factors in children have been extensively investigated and debated in the Iran; yet there is no data regarding socioeconomic inequalities in mortality from RTA in Iranian context. Since effective interventions to control, management and diminish the negative influence of RTAs would require understanding of numerouscontributing factors, including the inequalities The objective of this paper is to quantify for the first time the socioeconomic differential in mortality from RTAs in Iranian children. Methods:All childs who died and injured from Road traffic accident from March 2015 to February 2016 was selected. The data were taken from traffic police department in Iran. We calculate concentration index (CI) to measure socioeconomic inequality in traffic related mortality. Data were then analyzed in Stata software. Results:In this study, 2544 died child from RTA were evaluated. The mortality rate from accidents was 103.73 per 1000,000 people. The concentration index was negative for mortality rate (-0.11) of RTA, indicating the higher concentration of the rates among deprived groups.Conclusion:Children with low socioeconomic level were more at risk for fatal accidents and injuries. Therefore, specific interventions on road safety should be delivered in the deprived drivers which uses from low level safety vehicles