Alcohol-related traffic accidents with fatal outcomes in the city of Sao Paulo

Traffic Crashes and Alcohol Outlets in a Brazilian State Capital

“…Other findings from the 2 models using GAM corroborated findings from previous studies, such as the greater involvement of men (compared to women) in alcohol-related crashes; the greater severity of alcohol-related crashes (versus non-alcoholrelated), as shown by a higher number of casualties (Hingson and Winter 2003;Zador et al 2000); as well as the clustering of alcohol-related crashes on weekends (de Carvalho Ponce et al 2011). In addition, with respect to the age of the drivers involved in the traffic crashes, our data found a concentration of such events among younger drivers (vs. older ones; odds ratio [OR] = 3.28; Bingham and Shope 2007;Chou et al 2006;Quinlan et al 2005).…”

“…In Brazil, where positive blood alcohol concentration ranges from 20 percent in nonAddress correspondence to Raquel De Boni, Center for Drug and Alcohol Research, Federal University of Rio Grande do Sul and Hospital de Clinicas de Porto Alegre, R. Sto Antonio 554/33, Porto Alegre, RS, Brazil 90220-011. E-mail: raqueldeboni@gmail.com fatally injured victims (De Boni et al 2011) to 50 percent in those fatally injured (de Carvalho Ponce et al 2011;Modelli et al 2008;Stampe et al 2010), preventing traffic crashes represent a challenge for the next decades (Reichenheim et al 2011).…”

The Role of Alcohol in Road Traffic Accidents With Fatal Outcome: 10-Year Period in Croatia Split–Dalmatia County

“…In those seasons the traffic was the most intense and most drivers involved in traffic accidents were UIA. In addition, it was found that a greater number of traffic accidents with fatalities occurred on weekends (de Carvalho et al 2011;Vorko-Jović et al 2006).…”

“…The time delay between identifying an event and executing an operation is longer (Sutlovic et al 2011). Numerous studies have shown that drinking is a major factor for mortality in road traffic accidents (Clarke et al 2010;de Carvalho et al 2011;Siskind et al 2011).…”

Sazonalidade, efemérides e a mortalidade por doença coronariana, AVC, insuficiência cardíaca, acidente de transporte, suicídio e homicídio na cidade de São Paulo, 1996 a 2009

“…No Japão cidade de Takashima um estudo encontrou maior ocorrência de mortes por AVC nos dias da semana em relação aos finais de semana (Turin et al, 2010 (Barros et al, 2003), Distrito Federal (Santos Modelli et al, 2008), Salvador (Pugliese et al, 1975). Estudos prévios na cidade de São Paulo, da década de 70 e 80, também identificaram esse padrão (Laurenti et al, 1972;Mello-Jorge, 1982;Koizumi, 1985), e outro estudo recente identificou, além do final de semana, associação com a madrugada o consumo de álcool (de Carvalho Ponce et al, 2011). O presente estudo também identificou um pico secundário na sexta-feira, sendo a média de mortes diferente em relação aos demais dias da semana.…”