Table 6

Selected explanatory factors associated with mortality from road traffic injuries in each city/county and percentage change between 1997 and 2008 in Taiwan

	Registered motorcycles per 1000 population			Road traffic injuries per 10 000 population			General beds per 100 000 population
	1997	2008	Change	1997	2008	Change	1997	2008	Change
Whole of Taiwan	464	623	34	1.3	0.9	−31	30	32	7
North	413	519	26	1.1	0.6	−45	34	32	−6
Taipei City	335	412	23	0.8	0.3	−63	51	53	3
Hsinchu City	526	636	21	1.4	0.7	−50	30	30	2
Keelung City	352	482	37	1.1	0.4	−64	39	35	−10
Taipei County	426	580	36	0.6	0.4	−33	14	15	11
Taoyuan County	426	543	28	1.2	0.7	−42	39	35	−9
Hsinchu County	435	527	21	2.3	1.5	−35	21	17	−18
Yilan County	498	626	26	2.1	1.7	−19	43	41	−6
Middle	483	642	33	1.4	1.1	−21	26	30	15
Taichung City	460	595	29	1.3	0.6	−54	44	51	15
Miaoli County	472	615	30	2.4	1.2	−50	25	29	15
Taichung County	474	637	34	0.8	1.0	25	20	27	36
Changhua County	503	677	35	1.2	1.1	−8	22	28	27
Nantou County	476	646	36	2.9	1.6	−45	26	23	−14
Yunlin County	484	663	37	1.3	1.6	23	18	24	37
South	532	757	42	1.9	1.1	−42	32	35	9
Kaohsiung City	558	790	42	1.5	0.5	−67	44	42	−5
Chiayi City	576	726	26	1.6	0.5	−69	53	65	24
Tainan City	547	753	38	4.0	0.5	−88	41	32	−22
Chiayi County	491	654	33	2.0	1.9	−5	12	25	109
Tainan County	502	718	43	0.9	1.5	67	22	24	12
Kaohsiung County	542	804	48	1.5	1.3	−13	26	28	7
Pingtung County	529	774	46	0.9	1.7	89	29	31	5
East	519	719	39	3.7	2.0	−46	39	38	−3
Hualien County	512	1025	100	3.8	1.9	−50	46	44	−5
Taitung County	521	511	−2	3.6	2.3	−36	32	32	0
Inequality
BGV	4454	15 055		0.70	0.28		175	152
Highest/lowest	1.72	2.49		6.67	7.67		4.40	4.21
East/North	1.26	1.39		3.36	3.33		1.15	1.19