Prevalência de acidentes de trânsito auto-referidos em Rio Branco, Acre

Abstract

OBJECTIVE:To estimate the prevalence of self-reported traffi c accidents and identify associated factors. METHODS:Cross-sectional, population-based study carried out from September 2007 to August 2008, in the urban and rural zones of Rio Branco (Northern Brazil). Data referring to adults (aged 18 to 96 years, n = 1,516) of the inquiry Health and Nutrition of Adults and Children of Rio Branco, obtained in home interviews, were analyzed. The relations between self-reported traffi c accident and socioeconomic and behavior variables were analyzed by means of prevalence ratios and 95% confi dence intervals; Poisson regression analysis was performed. RESULTS:The prevalence of self-reported traffi c accident was 36%. In the Poisson analysis, male individuals (PR= 1.45 and 95% CI: 1.12;1.87) who reported alcohol consumption (PR= 1.25 and 95%CI: 0.97;1.62), with income above fi ve minimum wages (PR= 1.88 and 95%CI: 1.25;2.83), aged between 18 and 25 years (PR= 1.45 and 95%CI: 1.02;2.05), presented higher probability of reporting involvement in traffi c accidents. The variables age and level of schooling had inverse association with the outcome, while income had a positive association, all of them with signifi cant tendency. CONCLUSIONS:The prevalence of self-reported traffi c accidents shows higher risk for men with higher income, lower level of schooling and who ingest alcoholic beverages. They should be the target of prevention campaigns.

Automobile Accidents Attended by Mobile Emergency Care Service

“…Similar results were found in another study, revealing that those between 18 to 25 years old exhibited greater risk of traffic accidents in relation to the population aged 45 and older [10]. The youngest age group is considered a risk due to inexperience with traffic, typical immature behaviours and recent acquisition of a license.…”

Acidentes de trânsito com condutores de veículos: incidência e diferenciais entre motociclistas e motoristas em estudo de base populacional

“…The following definition was adopted for TA: "every vehicle accident on the public road, which includes any collisions with pedestrian, collisions between vehicles, bicycle, motorcycle accidents and falls on or off buses, truck crashes that occur on streets or roads and may or may not cause injury to people "(adaptation of the concepts of the International Classification of Diseases, 10th revision 19 , and the study by Magalhães et al 12 ).…”

“…Thus, there are few studies [10][11][12] on TAs from primary sources based on population, especially in medium and small sized municipalities; places where various forms of violence, including traffic accidents, have intensified in recent years 13 . For this reason, it is necessary to conduct population surveys in order to contribute to measuring the issue of TAs, giving visibility to cases of minor severity, and enabling the description of these events and their effects on different groups of users of the public roads.…”

Fatores associados à perda de produtividade em pessoas envolvidas em acidentes de trânsito: um estudo prospectivo

“…The study sample was based on the cumulative incidence of 7.8% TA in the Magalhães study 17 . An accuracy of 2.0%, alpha (α) of 5.0%, design effect of 2 and study power of 80% were added to the calculations, resulting in a final sample of 1406 households.…”