ArticleJournal of epidemiology2016
Evaluating the Impact of Criminalizing Drunk Driving on Road-Traffic Injuries in Guangzhou, China: A Time-Series Study.
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- The role of alcohol control policies in the reversal of alcohol consumption levels and resulting attributable harms in China.Alcohol (Fayetteville, N.Y.) · 2024Review
- Effectiveness of road safety interventions: An evidence and gap map.Campbell systematic reviews · 2024Article
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- Alcohol Use in China: Unrecorded and Recorded Bai Jiu in Three Rural Regions.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2021Article
- Time-varying effect of drunk driving regulations on road traffic mortality in Guangzhou, China: an interrupted time-series analysis.BMC public health · 2021Article
- Road traffic injury mortality and morbidity by country development status, 2011-2017.Chinese journal of traumatology = Zhonghua chuang shang za zhi · 2021Article
- Transport and public health in China: the road to a healthy future.Lancet (London, England) · 2017Review
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Abstract
backgroundRoad-traffic injury (RTI) is a major public-health concern worldwide. However, the effectiveness of laws criminalizing drunk driving on the improvement of road safety in China is not known.
methodsWe collected daily aggregate data on RTIs from the Guangzhou First-Aid Service Command Center from 2009 to 2012. We performed an interrupted time-series analysis to evaluate the change in daily RTIs before (January 1, 2009, to April 30, 2011) and after (May 1, 2011, to December 31, 2012) the criminalization of drunk driving. We evaluated the impact of the intervention on RTIs using the overdispersed generalized additive model after adjusting for temporal trends, seasonality, day of the week, and holidays. Daytime/Nighttime RTIs, alcoholism, and non-traffic injuries were analyzed as comparison groups using the same model.
resultsFrom January 1, 2009, to December 31, 2012, we identified a total of 54 887 RTIs. The standardized daily number of RTIs was almost stable in the pre-intervention period but decreased gradually in the post-intervention period. After the intervention, the standardized daily RTIs decreased 9.6% (95% confidence interval [CI], 6.5%-12.8%). There were similar decreases for the daily daytime and nighttime RTIs. In contrast, the standardized daily cases of alcoholism increased 38.8% (95% CI, 35.1%-42.4%), and daily non-traffic injuries increased 3.6% (95% CI, 1.4%-5.8%).
conclusionsThis time-series study provides scientific evidence suggesting that the criminalization of drunk driving from May 1, 2011, may have led to moderate reductions in RTIs in Guangzhou, China.
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