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Table 1 Number and incidence of RTI fatalities, and proportion of RTI among all cause injury deaths, by year and governorate, Iraq 2010–2013

From: Road traffic fatalities in selected governorates of Iraq from 2010 to 2013: prospective surveillance

 

2010

2011

2012

2013

Total

No

Ratea

%b

No

Ratea

%b

No

Ratea

%b

No

Ratea

%b

No

Ratea

%b

Governorate

 Erbil

257

16.3

31.6

341

21.1

41.5

343

20.7

44.0

308

18.1

39.3

1249

19.1

39.1

 Maysan

114

12.0

33.0

168

17.3

34.1

157

15.7

30.7

171

16.7

30.7

610

15.5

32.0

 Kerbala

125

12.0

40.3

177

16.6

48.4

173

15.8

45.5

182

16.2

46.1

657

15.2

45.3

 Al-Sulaimaniya

239

13.0

32.2

282

15.0

39.3

262

13.6

40.5

277

14.0

41.1

1060

13.9

38.1

 Al-Anbar

157

10.3

23.4

186

11.9

22.8

193

12.1

24.9

241

14.7

21.1

777

12.3

22.8

 Baghdad

751

10.9

26.5

617

8.7

25.8

710

9.8

25.8

396

5.3

11.6

2474

8.6

21.7

 Ninevah

198

6.2

15.3

231

7.1

19.3

264

7.9

20.3

219

6.4

10.0

912

6.9

15.2

 Basrah

44

1.8

7.5

91

3.6

13.5

84

3.2

12.4

18

0.7

3.0

237

2.3

9.3

 Total

1885

9.7

24.8

2093

10.5

28.0

2186

10.7

27.9

1812

8.6

18.6

7976

9.9

24.4

  1. aRate per 100,000; annual population projections from the most recent census published by the Iraqi Central Statistics Organization (COSIT)
  2. b% refers to fatal injuries from RTIs as a percentage of all fatal injuries reported at the coroner office