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. 2018 Feb 13;18:236. doi: 10.1186/s12889-018-5150-1

Table 1.

Trend of road injury mortality all ages in the Eastern Mediterranean region (EMR) by country and income level compared to globally by income level

Average road injury mortaliy rate per 100,000 (Min-Max)
Income level Country 1995 (Min-Max) 2005 (Min-Max) 2015 (Min-Max)
 Low income Low income countries 21.2 (17.3–25.7) 19.2 (15.9–22.9) 17.2 (14.2–20.8)
Low income - EMR 42.4 (24.1–66.3) 40.9 (25.6–61.7) 38.5 (24.6–59.0)
Afghanistan 54.0 (38.5–71.3) 54.6 (42.7–70) 49.9 (37.7–65.9)
Djibouti 18.4 (10.9–31.3) 18.4 (9.4–33.4) 18.7 (9.3–36.5)
Somalia 20.7 (8.1–42.4) 17.6 (6.8–38.4) 17.8 (6.9–39.9)
Yemen 40.3 (21.1–63.9) 35.0 (20–55.7) 33.6 (20.4–53.7)
 Middle income Middle income countries 22.5 (20.6–25.0) 22.9 (21.0–25.0) 20.1 (18.3–22.3)
Middle income - EMR 22.2 (16.2–30.4) 25.0 (18.4–33.6) 22.1 (15.7–31.1)
Egypt 13.4 (12.3–14.6) 13.5 (12.7–14.3) 13.3 (12.2–14.4)
Iraq 23.0 (18.3–28.4) 21.4 (16.8–27) 18.6 (13.8–24.7)
Iran 36.9 (31.6–44.3) 50.7 (42.2–62) 39.0 (30.9–49.5)
Jordan 20.0 (16–24.5) 14.4 (13.1–16.1) 12.8 (11.1–14.7)
Lebanon 12.4 (9.6–15.6) 9.1 (6.5–13.2) 8.0 (5.4–12.1)
Libya 21.4 (17.5–25.5) 22.6 (18.8–25.6) 21.2 (17.6–25.7)
Morocco 22.6 (18.4–27.3) 18.7 (15.4–23.5) 18.5 (13.9–24.6)
Palestine 13.3 (10.8–16.2) 11.7 (10.3–13.2) 12.1 (9.4–15.6)
Pakistan 16.7 (13.3–22.1) 20.8 (16.8–27.3) 20.4 (15.8–27.4)
Sudan 41.5 (25.3–63.4) 37.6 (24.3–55.4) 34.0 (22.6–50)
Syria 13.8 (10.6–16.8) 11.8 (9.2–13.2) 10.8 (8.7–12.6)
Tunisia 22.3 (19.2–25.7) 20.2 (16.8–23.7) 17.9 (14.2–22.7)
 High income High income countries 16.0 (15.5–16.4) 12.3 (11.9–12.5) 9.7 (10.1–9.4)
High income - EMR 32.4 (26.0–39.6) 28.1 (23.5–33.1) 23.8 (16.9–25.4)
Bahrain 19.8 (17.0–23.0) 15.9 (13.7–19.1) 11.1 (8.9–14.1)
Kuwait 21.8 (20.8–22.9) 19.1 (18.2–20) 11.9 (10–14.5)
Oman 52.7 (40.2–66.3) 40.8 (36.4–45.9) 40.5 (33.3–49.6)
Qatar 44.8 (38.1–52.6) 40.9 (34.8–47.2) 28.4 (21.6–36.2)
Saudi Arabia 29.9 (25.2–33.3) 26.4 (23.7–28.5) 23.6 (20.3–26.9)
United Arab Emirates 40.1 (31.3–49.7) 34.6 (28.6–40) 35.2 (24.3–46.9)
Global average 21.5 (20.9–22.4) 21.0 (20.5–21.7) 18.4 (17.9–19.1)
EMR average 24.6 (17.4–34.1) 26.7 (19.4–36.2) 23.9 (16.7–33.5)