The effect of the Taiwan motorcycle helmet use law on head injuries

被引：126

作者：

Chiu, WT

Kuo, CY

Hung, CC

Chen, M

机构：

[1] Taipei Med Coll, Injury Prevent Ctr, Taipei 110, Taiwan

[2] Taipei Municipal WanFang Hosp, Taipei, Taiwan

[3] Natl Taiwan Univ Hosp, Taipei, Taiwan

来源：

AMERICAN JOURNAL OF PUBLIC HEALTH | 2000年 / 90卷 / 05期

关键词：

D O I：

10.2105/AJPH.90.5.793

中图分类号：

R1 [预防医学、卫生学];

学科分类号：

1004 ; 120402 ;

摘要：

Objectives. This study evaluated the effect of the motorcycle helmet law implemented in Taiwan on June I, 1997. Methods. Collecting data on 8795 cases of motorcycle-related head injuries from 56 major Taiwanese hospitals, we compared the situation 1 year before and after implementation of the helmet law. Results. After implementation of the law, the number of motorcycle-related head injuries decreased by 33%, from 5260 to 3535. Decreases in length of hospital stay and in severity of injury and better outcome were also seen. The likelihood ratio chi(2) test showed that severity decreased after the law's implementation (P < .001). Full helmets were found to be safer than half-shell helmets. Conclusion. The helmet law effectively decreased the mortality and morbidity from motorcycle-related head injuries.

引用

页码：793 / 796

页数：4

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