Authors : Behzad Karami Matin, Satar Rezaei, Zahra Nabe, Faramarz Shaahmadi, Seyed Younes Hosseini, Mehdi Moradinazar and Touraj Ahmadijouybari
Abstract: Road Traffic Crashes (RTCs) third cause of life year’s loss and deaths in Iran. Therefore, this study was aimed to estimate the economic burden of the deaths-related RTCs and its trend in a 5-years period in Iran. Data on mortality due to RTC by sex and age-groups from 2006-2010 were obtained from the Ministry of Health and Medical Education (MoHME). Three measures, namely years of Potential Life Lost (YPLL), Working Years of Potential Life Lost (WYPLL) and the Cost of Lost Productivity (CLP) due to premature mortality were used to estimate the burden of RTC in Iran. The life expectancy method and the human capital approach were used to estimate the YPLL and the value of productivity lost due to cancer-related premature mortality. During the 2006-2010 in Iran there were 59, 231 deaths and 69,523,346 YPLL due to RTC which 80 and 81% of them were related to males, respectively. The highest and lowest YPLL and number of deaths among age groups were related to 20-34 years (38 and 34% of total) and the >65 years (15 and 9.5% of total), respectively. The WYPLL decreased from 243.952-161.067 among males and 44.300-29,720 among females. The total WYPLL was 1,709,096 which 89.6% of them were in the males. As regard burden of the road traffic crashes in Iran is high by investment a small percentage of the accidents economic costs on the education and culture making of the drivers and pedestrians in addition to increasing the effectiveness, we can be able to prevent the imposing of impalpable costs.
Behzad Karami Matin, Satar Rezaei, Zahra Nabe, Faramarz Shaahmadi, Seyed Younes Hosseini, Mehdi Moradinazar and Touraj Ahmadijouybari, 2016. Years of Potential Life Lost and Cost of Lost Productivity Caused by Road Traffic Crashes: Evidence During the Five Years in Iran (2006-2010). International Journal of Tropical Medicine, 11: 154-158.