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Indicator name:
Road safety: seat-belt wearing rate (%)
Data type:
Percent
Indicator Id:
212
Definition:
National estimate of the proportion of car occupants (i.e. drivers and passengers) who use seat-belts.
Disaggregation:
Seat type : Front seat, Seat type : Rear seat
Method of estimation:
Data were collected from a number of different sectors and stakeholders in each country and were submitted to the World Health Organization after consensus meetings, facilitated by national data coordinators. All legislative documents were analysed by lawyers at WHO headquarters who extracted the relevant information. The legal analysis was then shared with National Data Coordinators and a validation process resolved any data conflicts through discussion and submission of new legal documents.
Comments:
Data presented are drawn from a standardized survey conducted in 2014.
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