TY  - JOUR
T1  - Years of Potential Life Lost and Cost of Lost Productivity Caused by
Road Traffic Crashes: Evidence During the Five Years in Iran (2006-2010)
AU - Matin, Behzad Karami AU - Rezaei, Satar AU - Nabe, Zahra AU - Shaahmadi, Faramarz AU - Hosseini, Seyed Younes AU - Moradinazar, Mehdi AU - Ahmadijouybari, Touraj 
JO  - International Journal of Tropical Medicine
VL  - 11
IS  - 5
SP  - 154
EP  - 158
PY  - 2016
DA  - 2001/08/19
SN  - 1816-3319
DO  - ijtmed.2016.154.158
UR  - https://makhillpublications.co/view-article.php?doi=ijtmed.2016.154.158
KW  - Iran
KW  -death
KW  -cost of lost productivity
KW  -burden of the traffic accidents
KW  -Years of potential life lost
AB  - Road Traffic Crashes (RTCs) third cause of life year’s loss and deaths in Iran. Therefore, this study
was aimed to estimate the economic burden of the deaths-related RTCs and its trend in a 5-years period in Iran.
Data on mortality due to RTC by sex and age-groups from 2006-2010 were obtained from the Ministry of Health
and Medical Education (MoHME). Three measures, namely years of Potential Life Lost (YPLL), Working Years
of Potential Life Lost (WYPLL) and the Cost of Lost Productivity (CLP) due to premature mortality were used
to estimate the burden of RTC in Iran. The life expectancy method and the human capital approach were used
to estimate the YPLL and the value of productivity lost due to cancer-related premature mortality. During the
2006-2010 in Iran there were 59, 231 deaths and 69,523,346 YPLL due to RTC which 80 and 81% of them were
related to males, respectively. The highest and lowest YPLL and number of deaths among age groups were
related to 20-34 years (38 and 34% of total) and the >65 years (15 and 9.5% of total), respectively. The WYPLL
decreased from 243.952-161.067 among males and 44.300-29,720 among females. The total WYPLL was 1,709,096
which 89.6% of them were in the males. As regard burden of the road traffic crashes in Iran is high by
investment a small percentage of the accidents economic costs on the education and culture making of the
drivers and pedestrians in addition to increasing the effectiveness, we can be able to prevent the imposing of
impalpable costs.
ER  -