“…In the last decades, diseases and injuries due to external causes, which include traffic accidents, falls, burnings and self-inflicted, interpersonal or collective violence, have been one of the leading causes of deaths and sequelae in the world population, with serious damage to individuals, their families, and society [1][2][3][4][5][6] . In comparison to other countries, Brazil has high mortality rates, and external causes rank first among the main events leading to death in the age group of 1 to 39 years and third among the general population, only behind cardiovascular and neoplastic diseases 3,7,8 .…”