Atendimentos por acidentes de transporte em serviços públicos de emergência em 23 capitais e no Distrito Federal – Brasil, 2009

Resumo

Objective: the study aims to describe the estimates of land traffic accident (TA) events seen in emergency services at the Federal District and 23 Brazilian State capitals in 2009. Methods: data on TA were used, obtained from survey on emergency medical care for external causes in public health services (VIVA Survey 2009). Results: among 35,646 emergency visits for unintentional injuries, 9,934 (27.9%) visits were identified as TA, in 74 emergency services included in the survey; there were a greater number of male victims (71.6%), young from 20 to 29 years of age (35.0%) and mulattos (52.4%); about 27.0% of the TA was work related; there was suspicion/report of alcohol consumption before the event in 17.2% of the visits; most of the visits referred to accidents involving motorcycles (50.9%) and bicycles (18.4%). Conclusion: considering the magnitude of the traffic injuries in emergency services, it becomes necessary to advance in measures directed to reducing traffic accidents.

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Palavras-chave

Epidemiologia, Acidentes de trânsito, Serviços médicos de emergência, Causas externas, Epidemiology, Traffic accidents, Emergency medical care, External causes

Citação

MALTA, Deborah Carvalho; BERNAL, Regina Tomie Ivata; MASCARENHAS, Márcio Dênis Medeiros; MONTEIRO, Rosane Aparecida; SÁ, Naíza Nayla Bandeira de; ANDRADE, Silvânia Suely Caribé de Araújo; GAWRYSZEWSKI, Vilma Pinheiro; SILVA, Marta Maria Alves da; MORAIS NETO, Otaliba Libânio de. Atendimentos por acidentes de transporte em serviços públicos de emergência em 23 capitais e no Distrito Federal – Brasil, 2009. Epidemiologia e Serviços de Saúde, Brasília, v. 21, n. 1, p. 31-42, 2012.