One avoided fatality is found to be equivalent to around 3.5 avoided severe injuries, which is lower than the official value of 6 used by the Swedish Road Administration.
It seems incredible a boy with learning difficulties could die like this in a supposed place of sanctuary; unsurprisingly, the fatality was found to be avoidable.
However, a significant seasonal effect on case fatality was found, as reflected by the lowered death risk estimates (RR 0.78 0.84, regardless of the time point of follow-up) for cases diagnosed during autumn (Table 1, Figure 1A).
"Three of these eight fatalities were found in the helicopter and were our colleagues," House told reporters, visibly struggling with emotion.
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Moreover, traffic fatalities are found to increase with the Gross Domestic Product per capita.
Safety on rural highways is of great concern as nearly two third of road fatalities are found to take place on such roads.
The lowest child fatality rates were found in Spain, Greece, Italy and Ireland.
