Indicator 3.6.1 - Death rate due to road traffic injuries
Age-adjusted rate of deaths due to road traffic injuries per 100,000 US population
Age-adjusted rate of deaths due to road traffic injuries per 100,000 US population
Global Metadata
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| SDG Indicator Name | Death rate due to road traffic injuries |
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| SDG Target Addressed | By 2020, halve the number of global deaths and injuries from road traffic accidents. |
| Definition of SDG Indicator | Number of road traffic fatal injury deaths per 100 000 population (age_standardized). |
| UN Designated Tier | 1 |
| UN Custodial Agency | WHO (Partnering Agencies: UNECE) |
U.S. Metadata
This table provides metadata for the actual indicator available from U.S. statistics closest to the corresponding global SDG indicator. Please note that even when the global SDG indicator is fully available from U.S. statistics, this table should be consulted for information on national methodology and other US-specific metadata information
| Method of computation for global SDG indicator | Number of deaths due to road traffic crashes / Population Method of measurement Death registration data using ICD_10. Method of estimation Modelling, using multiple inputs, is often used if no complete and accurate data are available.'' |
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| Graph Title | Age-adjusted rate of deaths due to road traffic injuries per 100,000 US population |
| Actual indicator available | Death rate due to road traffic injuries |
| Description of actual indicator available | Age-adjusted rate of deaths per year due to road traffic injuries expressed per 100,000 population |
| Method of computation | Number of deaths attributable to traffic injuries divided by the population and expressed per 100,000 population. Rates are age-adjusted using the direct method of applying age-specific death rates to the U.S. standard population distribution. See http://wonder.cdc.gov/wonder/help/ucd.html#Age-Adjusted Rates for more detail. |
| Comments and limitations | Rates were generated by CDC Wonder using the Underlying Cause of Death mortality files. Rates were selected based on the Injury Intent and Mechanism list with mechanism set to 'Motor Vehicle Traffic' |
| Periodicity | Annual |
| Time Period | |
| Unit of measure | |
| Disaggregation #1 (Industry or social categories) | |
| Disaggregation #2 (Geographical coverage) | |
| Date of public data release from National source | December 2015 |
| Date of last Update of This Page | December 2016 |
| Scheduled Update by National source | |
| Scheduled Update by SDG Team | |
| Data Source1 (Agency STAFF NAME) | Mortality Statistics Branch, Division of Vital Statistics, National Center for Health Statistics |
| Data Source2 (Staff E-MAIL) | RNAnderson@cdc.gov |
| Data Source3 (Agency/Survey/Dataset name) | National Center for Health Statistics, Underlying Cause of Death File |
| Indicator web address (closest to data provided) | http://wonder.cdc.gov/ucd-icd10.html; http://www.cdc.gov/nchs/data_access/vitalstatsonline.htm |
| International and National References |