Table 1 Demographic characteristics of traffic accident mortality victims in Iran (2006–2022), stratified by road type, gender, education level, residence area, job, and marital status
Variable | Urban Roads (n, %) | Intercity Roads (n, %) | Rural Unpaved Roads (n, %) | Unknown Location (n, %) | Total (n, %) | Test |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Age (Median-IQR) | 36.00 (22–61) | 34.00 (23–49) | 31.00 (20–49) | 32.00 (20–48) | 34 (23–69) | < 0.001* |
Gender | 0.05φ | |||||
Male | 73,852 (28.75) | 160,295 (62.40) | 20,571 (8.01) | 2,155 (0.84) | 256,873 (78.83) | |
Female | 16,513 (23.94) | 47,726 (69.19) | 4,288 (6.22) | 451 (0.65) | 68,978 (21.17) | |
Total | 90,365 (27.73) | 208,021 (63.84) | 24,859 (7.63) | 2,606 (0.80) | 325,851 (100.00) | |
Education Level | 0.05φ | |||||
Illiterate | 22,469 (30.49) | 43,294 (58.75) | 7,231 (9.81) | 700 (0.95) | 73,694 (24.77) | |
Elementary Education | 19,066 (27.54) | 43,505 (62.84) | 6,150 (8.88) | 506 (0.73) | 69,227 (23.27) | |
Lower Secondary Education | 16,467 (26.18) | 41,027 (65.23) | 4,958 (7.88) | 447 (0.71) | 62,899 (21.14) | |
High School Education | 19,784 (28.10) | 46,061 (65.42) | 4,116 (5.85) | 447 (0.63) | 70,408 (23.67) | |
University Education | 5,255 (24.72) | 15,086 (70.95) | 822 (3.87) | 99 (0.47) | 21,262 (7.15) | |
Total | 83,041 (27.91) | 188,973 (63.52) | 23,277 (7.82) | 2,199 (0.74) | 297,490 (100.00) | |
Residence Area | 0.30φ | |||||
Urban | 50,967 (35.11) | 87,863 (60.52) | 5,383 (3.71) | 961 (0.66) | 145,174 (67.85) | |
Rural | 7,468 (10.86) | 49,889 (72.53) | 10,721 (15.59) | 705 (1.02) | 68,783 (32.15) | |
Total | 58,435 (27.31) | 137,752 (64.38) | 16,104 (7.53) | 1,666 (0.78) | 213,957 (100.00) | |
Job | 0.14φ | |||||
Pupil | 7,051 (29.48) | 14,107 (58.98) | 2,569 (10.74) | 190 (0.79) | 23,917 (8.09) | |
Student (University) | 2,576 (29.13) | 5,773 (65.28) | 457 (5.17) | 38 (0.43) | 8,844 (2.99) | |
Housekeeper | 10,764 (24.93) | 29,589 (68.53) | 2,573 (5.96) | 250 (0.58) | 43,176 (14.60) | |
Government Employee | 3,282 (23.30) | 10,126 (71.90) | 608 (4.32) | 67 (0.48) | 14,083 (4.76) | |
Worker | 12,102 (31.94) | 21,797 (57.53) | 3,615 (9.54) | 371 (0.98) | 37,885 (12.81) | |
Self-Employed | 26,278 (28.76) | 58,100 (63.58) | 6,305 (6.90) | 694 (0.76) | 91,377 (30.89) | |
Soldier | 1,151 (34.21) | 1,919 (57.03) | 271 (8.05) | 24 (0.71) | 3,365 (1.14) | |
Retired | 7,301 (50.28) | 6,692 (46.08) | 457 (3.15) | 71 (0.49) | 14,521 (4.91) | |
Unemployed | 3,620 (32.88) | 6,294 (57.17) | 1,013 (9.20) | 82 (0.74) | 11,009 (3.72) | |
Driver | 1,812 (12.20) | 12,416 (83.63) | 553 (3.72) | 66 (0.44) | 14,847 (5.02) | |
Farmer | 2,945 (15.95) | 12,021 (65.09) | 3,348 (18.13) | 155 (0.84) | 18,469 (6.24) | |
Military | 329 (18.68) | 1,328 (75.41) | 94 (5.34) | 10 (0.57) | 1,761 (0.60) | |
Other | 3,164 (25.23) | 8,101 (64.60) | 1,154 (9.20) | 122 (0.97) | 12,541 (4.24) | |
Total | 82,375 (27.85) | 188,263 (63.65) | 23,017 (7.78) | 2,140 (0.72) | 295,795 (100.00) | |
Marital Status | 0.05φ | |||||
Single | 23,358 (29.72) | 47,758 (60.77) | 6,750 (8.59) | 728 (0.93) | 78,594 (36.55) | |
Married | 35,120 (25.74) | 90,884 (66.61) | 9,458 (6.93) | 974 (0.71) | 136,436 (63.45) | |
Total | 58,478 (27.20) | 138,642 (64.48) | 16,208 (7.54) | 1,702 (0.79) | 215,030 (100.00) |