The escalating burden of cyclist road injuries among reproductive-aged women in china: a longitudinal and gender-specific analysis of the global burden of disease study 1990–2021
China's cycling safety crisis constitutes a demographic emergency, with women facing catastrophic mortality due to infrastructural abandonment, regulatory neglect, and unmitigated micro-mobility risks. Urgent gender-responsive interventions-mandating segregated lanes, enforcing WHO-aligned bicycle legislation (helmets, lighting), and integrating bone health into occupational safety-are essential to avert 81,000 projected disability life-years lost annually by 2050 and align green mobility goals with equitable health protection.
Authors
- Zhaohui Tang (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4132-4987)
- Zhiqiang Lin (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2034-2492)
- Ting-Xuan Tang (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0009-0001-9312-8745)
- Shunyao Chen
- Liming Dong (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1512-9424)
- Hui Li (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5555-8920)
- Jialiu Luo (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8179-5236)
- Deng Chen (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6359-801X)
- Peidong Zhang (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4847-2296)
- Teding Chang (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0009-0005-5393-6325)
- Shuaipeng Gu (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0009-0005-7230-2328)
- Yangwu Shen (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1658-0105)
- Cong Zhang (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2443-2361)
Institutions
- Tongji Hospital (CN)
- Huazhong University of Science and Technology (CN)
Publication Details
- Journal
- BMC Public Health
- Published
- 2025-11-24
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1186/s12889-025-25200-y
- Primary Topic
- Injury Epidemiology and Prevention
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.00
Funders
- Institute for Health Metrics and Evaluation
- National Natural Science Foundation of China