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Road Injuries Still Lead Deaths From 10 to 39
The 2023 global estimate counts 1.34 million deaths and a sixfold mortality gap between low- and high-income countries.
Summary
The 2023 global estimate counts 1.34 million deaths and a sixfold mortality gap between low- and high-income countries.
The Global Burden of Disease analysis covers 204 countries and territories. More than 90 percent of road deaths occurred in low- and middle-income countries; age-standardized death rates fell globally since 1990, but progress was sharply unequal.
Why it matters
The 2023 global estimate counts 1.34 million deaths and a sixfold mortality gap between low- and high-income countries.
Limits and context
No additional limitation was separately recorded.
Key claims
The 2023 global estimate counts 1.34 million deaths and a sixfold mortality gap between low- and high-income countries.
Evidence: source-2026-07-21-020
Sources
- IHME via EurekAlert: Global road injury burdenInstitute for Health Metrics and Evaluation via EurekAlert · official announcement
Corrections
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