Improvements in medical care and technology and reductions in traffic-related fatalities in Great Britain



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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