Table 1
Changes in Variables between 1979 and 1998
Values |
1979 |
1998 |
% change |
Total fatalities |
6352 |
3421 |
-46.1% |
Serious injury |
68757 |
40834 |
-40.6% |
Slight injury |
247347 |
280957 |
13.5% |
Total |
321489 |
325212 |
1.16% |
Motorway length (km) |
2366 |
3187 |
34.7% |
Trunk roads length (km) |
12463 |
12620 |
1.3% |
Other roads length (km) |
323163 |
362367 |
12.1% |
Road length /square km |
1.5 |
1.6 |
6.67% |
Length of in-patient stay in the H |
9.36 |
______5.1 |
-45.5% |
Infant mortality rate |
13.3 |
5.7 |
-57.13% |
Persons awaiting treatment per 1000 population |
13.47 |
15.67 |
-16.33 |
NHS staff per 1000 population |
19.57 |
20.96 |
0.07% |
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