Mortalidade devido a acidentes de bicicletas em Pernambuco, Brasil

Abstract

The scope of this paper was to conduct a quantitative analysis of deaths resulting from bicycle accidents in the state of Pernambuco by studying secondary data between 2001 and 2010. The sample consisted of all the Deaths recorded in the Mortality Information System of the Unified Health System Database that reported bicycle accidents between 2001 and 2010. Descriptive measures were determined for all variables. Socio-demographic variables were paired with the basic cause of death in order to find a statistical correlation. In Pernambuco, the aforementioned information system recorded 517 deaths resulting from bicycle accidents, with greater frequency in men between 25 and 59 years of age, Afro-Brazilians, single and of unknown schooling. The mean age was 36.82 years (SD = 17.026), and the minimum and maximum age of 4 and 86 years old, respectively. The findings highlight the need for the creation of adequate infrastructure and effective legal measures to prevent traffic accidents involving this type of vehicle, relying on the evidence of distribution of cases in most Pernambuco municipalities.

The bicycle accident in Brazil: an integrative review / Os acidentes de bicicleta no Brasil: uma revisão integrativa

“…The risk of dying in traffic among those who used bicycles was greater when compared to those who used cars or trucks. 7 It has been verified that mortality due to bicycle accidents has shown a slight increase in mortality coefficients in the last decades, reaching mainly young men and young adults 8,10,19 which corroborates with studies that indicate a higher prevalence of deaths due to external causes in this population. 23 Another finding worth mentioning is underreporting of cases.…”

“…Of the total of 643 articles captured in the databases defined in this review, 605 (94%) were held outside Brazil. Of the 15 articles analyzed in our study, we noticed that these were published in nine different journals, among which we highlight those in the area of public/collective health 7,8,15,18,19,20,21 who collaborated with 46.6% of the researches and those of oral and maxillofacial surgery and traumatology, 9,11,12,13,16,17 that represented 40% of the sources of information. Two articles were published in journals related to urban traffic engineering and safety 10,14 (13.4%).…”

“…When analyzing the approach, it was identified that all the researches [7][8][9][10][11][12][13][14][15][16][17][18][19][20][21] were observational studies, of which 9 studies (60%) were within Level III of evidence 7,8,11,13,14,15,16,17,19 and 6 studies (40%) were within level IV of evidence 9,10,12,18,20,21 .…”

“…The publications were produced from different sources of information. It is noted that 80% of the studies used secondary data, of which 6 studies (40%) performed a patient chart analysis 9,11,12,13,16,17 ; in three studies (20%) the data were collected from the Mortality Information System 7,8,10 and three studies (20%) analyzed the Military Police incident reports 19,20,21 . Three studies (20%) did not use secondary data as a source of information, which was obtained through a structured interview 14,15,18 .…”

Reflexões sobre a mobilidade urbana e os acidentes envolvendo ciclistas: qual o papel da psicologia? / Reflections on urban mobility and accidents involving cyclists: What is the role of Psychology?

“…Os homens também são os que mais morrem em acidentes de bicicleta no estado do Pernambuco, como demostramGalvão et al (2013) onde nas 517 declarações de óbitos decorrentes de acidentes envolvendo ciclistas, as mortes mais frequentes foram as de homens, entre 25-39 anos e 40-59 anos, pardos, solteiros e de escolaridade ignorada. Ainda segundo Sousa, Bahia e Constantino (2016) os ciclistas pesquisados colidiram com um automóvel em 23,2% dos casos e contra uma motocicleta em 13,2% dos casos e em 87,2% desses casos, a pessoa vitimada era um ocupante de bicicleta, que, em 90,5% das vezes, não utilizava nenhum equipamento de proteção no momento do acidente.…”