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Table 1 Traffic injury/mortality and demographic, economic, road traffic, and medical and cultural indicators in Japan

From: Comparing the impact of socio-demographic factors associated with traffic injury among older road users and the general population in Japan

Factor

Data Source

Median (Max - Min)

Traffic mortality for total population

National Police Agency

118 (45 - 351)

Traffic injury for total population

National Police Agency

16863 (3502 - 91272)

Traffic mortality among older people

National Police Agency

56 (17 - 133)

Traffic injury among older people

National Police Agency

2179 (577 - 8564)

Demographic

  

Total population (1,000 persons)

Bureaue of Statistics

1753 (607 - 12577)

Population among older people (1,000 persons)

Bureaue of Statistics

391 (146 - 2296)

Proportion of older people (%)

Bureaue of Statistics

22.5 (16.1 - 27.1)

Economic

  

Income per capita (1,000 yen)

Bureaue of Statistics

2729 (2021 - 4778)

Unempoyment rate (%)

Bureaue of Statistics

4.0 (2.3 - 7.9)

Degree of urbanization

Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism

44.4 (24.2 - 98.0)

Road traffic

  

Total length of road (KM)

Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism

253x106 (78x106 - 884x106)

Total number of registered vehicles

Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism

12.8x106 (4.5x106 - 48.6x106)

Total number of licensed drivers

National Police Agency

11.2x106 (3.8x106 - 70x106)

Medical and cultural

  

Number of physicians per 100,000 population

Ministry of Health, Labor and Welfare

212 (134.2 - 282.4)

Number of emergency patients transferred by ambulance per 100,000 population

Ministry of Internal Affairs Fire and Disaster Management Agency

3503 (2702 - 5695)

Alcohol consumption per person (liters)

National Tax Agency

67.8 (54.0 - 99.5)

Entrance rate of college/university after high school graduation (%)

Bureaue of Statistics

46.5 (31.1 - 58.4)