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Last Update: Feb 12th 2010
Status of discussion: Closed
Lead author: David Bartels (davidhbartels@gmail.com), Kavi Bhalla (kavi_bhalla@harvard.edu), Pon-Hsiu Yeh (ponpon@gmail.com)
Additional authors: Francisco Lopez-Valdes, Muazzam Nasrullah
Lurking members: James Harrison
Issue: Government statistics websites for most developing countries report national deaths from road traffic injuries. However, the likelihood of severe under-reporting by police, makes this an unreliable source of information. This discussion will explore how police reported data can be made more useful for GBD analysis.
What are we doing?
We have been comparing country police data for road deaths with our estimates from death registration and other sources.