Road safety policies and motor vehicle fatalities in Ecuador: a geographical and temporal analysis from 1990 to 2022.

BMJ Public Health · 2026 · PMC13264848 · PMID 42299252

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an increasing trendno p-value reported

7 In addition, a 2022 study, covering 1990–2018, revealed that older adults had clearly higher mortality rates and an increasing trend in the years of life potentially lost, which reinforces the persistence of the increase in mortality in vulnerable groups. 24 On the other hand, some recent studies show more nuanced trends.

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A decreasing trend characterised the first period between 1990 and 2002.

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