TY - JOUR AU - Bandi, Priti AU - Silver, Diana AU - Mijanovich, Tod AU - Macinko, James PY - 2015 DA - 2015/03/17 TI - Temporal trends in motor vehicle fatalities in the United States, 1968 to 2010 - a joinpoint regression analysis JO - Injury Epidemiology SP - 4 VL - 2 IS - 1 AB - In the past 40 years, a variety of factors might have impacted motor vehicle (MV) fatality trends in the US, including public health policies, engineering innovations, trauma care improvements, etc. These factors varied in their timing across states/localities, and many were targeted at particular population subgroups. In order to identify and quantify differential rates of change over time and differences in trend patterns between population subgroups, this study employed a novel analytic method to assess temporal trends in MV fatalities between 1968 and 2010, by age group and sex. SN - 2197-1714 UR - https://doi.org/10.1186/s40621-015-0035-6 DO - 10.1186/s40621-015-0035-6 ID - Bandi2015 ER -