Road traffic injuries and the promotion of healthy road safety behavior among population: Summary of the thesis of doctor in medical sciences: 331.02 – Hygiene

Abstract

The actuality and importance of the addressed topic. Road traffic injuries are a public health problem with a worldwide spread. Annually, at the global level, as a result of road traffic injuries, more than 1.35 million people die, and 20-50 million people suffer from various injuries, mostly affecting young people between the ages of 15-29 years old. Road injuries is the eighth cause of death worldwide, and if effective measures will be not taken, by 2030 it will occupy the fifth position [1, 2, 3, 4, 5]. In the global burden of diseases, injury accounts for 10% of the total number of deaths, with a third resulting from road crashes [1, 6]. [...].