Table 1 Incidence of Korean traffic accidents and two-wheeled vehicle-related (bicycle and motorcycle) related injuries in the emergency department (2016–2018)
2016 | 2017 | 2018 | Total | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Korean population by age | Younger | 34,653,358 | 34,682,815 | 34,741,436 | 104,077,609 | ||||
Elderly | 6,995,652 | 7,356,106 | 7,650,408 | 22,002,166 | |||||
incidence | Number of injuries/100,000 population | incidence | number of injuries/100,000 population | incidence | number of injuries/100,000 population | incidence | number of injuries/100,000 population | ||
Total traffic injuries | Younger | 186,803 | 539.1 | 192,764 | 555.8 | 189,479 | 545.4 | 569,046 | 546.8 |
Elderly | 35,462 | 506.9 | 40,524 | 550.9 | 40,924 | 534.9 | 116,910 | 531.4 | |
Bicycle-related injuries | Younger | 17,362 | 50.1 | 17,347 | 50.0 | 15,667 | 45.1 | 50,376 | 48.4 |
Elderly | 4664 | 66.7 | 5347 | 72.7 | 5262 | 68.8 | 15,272 | 69.4 | |
Motorcycle-related injuries | Younger | 22,996 | 66.4 | 23,649 | 68.2 | 23,918 | 68.8 | 70,563 | 67.8 |
Elderly | 5454 | 78.0 | 6053 | 82.3 | 5785 | 75.6 | 17,292 | 78.6 | |