Racial and ethnic disparities in motor vehicle crash-related outcomes in North Carolina surrounding the COVID-19 pandemic

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  • Neuroth, Lucas M.
    • Affiliation: Gillings School of Global Public Health, Department of Epidemiology
  • Singichetti, Bhavna
    • Affiliation: Gillings School of Global Public Health, Department of Epidemiology
  • Harmon, Katherine J.
    • Affiliation: Highway Safety Research Center
  • Waller, Anna E.
    • Affiliation: Highway Safety Research Center
  • Naumann, Rebecca B.
    • Affiliation: Gillings School of Global Public Health, Department of Epidemiology
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  • Long-term impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic on racial and ethnic disparities in motor vehicle crash (MVC) injuries and death are poorly understood. This study aimed to characterize trends and investigate the heterogeneity of MVC-related disparities in North Carolina across several data sources. Crash reports, emergency department visit records, and death certificates from 2018 to 2021 were used to calculate monthly population-rates of MVC-related public health outcomes. We estimated trendlines using joinpoint regression and compared outcomes across racial and ethnic classifications. MVC and MVC-related injury rates declined in conjunction with NC’s stay-at-home order, while rates of severe outcomes remained unimpacted. By December 2021 rates of MVC-related outcomes met or exceeded pre-pandemic levels, with the highest rates observed among non-Hispanic Black individuals. Racial and ethnic disparities in MVC-related outcomes remained prevalent throughout the COVID-19 pandemic. These results highlight the importance of a holistic approach to traffic injury surveillance when assessing the impact of MVCs.
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  • Injury Prevention
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  • English
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  • 1353-8047
  • 1475-5785

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