Economic development and road traffic fatalities in Russia: analysis of federal regions 2004–2011

Table 1 Descriptive data of Russian federal regions, 2004–2011^a

Variables	All eligible 73 (n = 584)	Studied 67 regions for GRP-RTF (n = 505)^b	Studied 66 regions for GRP-CFR (n = 512)^c
Variables	Mean±SD	Mean±SD	Mean±SD
Road safety variables
Road traffic fatality (RTF) rate, per 1000 person-years	0.2±0.08	0.2±0.06	0.2±0.07
Crash fatality ratio (CFR), fatalities per crash	0.2±0.05	0.1±0.04	0.1±0.03
Road traffic crash rate, per 1000 person-years	1.6±0.4	1.6±0.4	1.6±0.4
Road traffic injury rate, per 1000 person-years	2.0±0.6	2.0±0.5	2.0±0.5
Main socioeconomic variables
Gross regional product (GRP) per capita, 1000 RUB	154.5±224.6	96.3±38.5	97.1±38.0
Territory, 1000 km²	237.5±487.4	194.1±442.9	191.7±440.2
Population, end of year, 1000 persons	1798.2±1688.9	1727.6±1262.5	1768.8±1324.2
Number of privately owned cars per 1000 persons	189.4±48.9	188.9±44.6	189.9±43.8
Number of public buses per 100,000 persons	49.2±30.8	44.3±22.1	44.8±22.2
Length of public motor roads with hard surface, 1000 km^d	8.0±5.4	8.4±5.2	8.6±5.2
Number of physicians of all specialties, 1000	9.0±11.1	8.3±6.7	8.4±6.8
Consolidated budget expenditure on health care and physical wellness per capita, 1000 RUB	3.7±3.0	2.9±1.4	3.0±1.4

RUB Russian Ruble, km ² square kilometer, km kilometer
^aAll monetary variables are converted to comparable price of 2004
^bObservations were excluded for extreme values of GRP per capita (>226,000 RUB) or RTF rate (<53 or >326 per 1000 person-years)
^cObservations were excluded for extreme values of GRP per capita (>226,000 RUB) or CFR (<0.04 or >0.25 fatalities per crash)
^dNo data of length of roads for Moscow City and St. Petersburg City

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