Internações hospitalares por acidentes de moto no Vale do Paraíba

Abstract

objectIve. To identify clusters of municipalities with high rates of hospital admissions because of motorcycle accidents in the "Vale do Paraíba". Methods. This was an ecological study and exploratory data was obtained from DATASUS for the period 2001 to 2005 for 27 municipalities in the part of the "Vale do Paraíba" that falls within São Paulo state and covering a population of about one million inhabitants. Spatial analysis was with Terraview software and Moran Global coefficients were calculated for hospital admission rate and motorcycle fleet, while the Pearson correlation was used for admissions. Thematic maps of spatial distribution and a BoxMap were constructed. Hospitalization data were presented as rates per 100 thousand inhabitants. results. During the study period 1268 people were admitted, ranging from one to 608 hospital admissions per municipality. The Moran Global Index (IM) = 0.34 (p = 0.02) for hospital admission rate and IM = 0.42 (p = 0.012) for admission rate by fleet. There was also strong correlation between motorcycle fleet and rate of hospital admission because of motorcycle accidents, (r = 0.94). conclusIon. A large cluster of nine municipalities was identified in the western region of the Paraíba Valley, thereby indicating where those hospitalized for motorcycle accidents lived and highlighting municipalities where preventive measures should be implemented.

Trends in hospitalizations due to motorcycle accidents involving men aged 20 to 39 years in the state of Santa Catarina - Southern Brazil

“…In the Vale do Paraíba, the hospitalization rate due to motorcycle accidents in the period from 2001 to 2005 reached 48 per 100,000 inhabitants, directly related to the fleet's size in the studied city 3 . The hospitalization rate found in Santa Catarina was lower than in the Vale do Paraíba in all the period studied, with the limitation that this study did not evaluate the relation between hospitalizations and the motorcycle fleet in the state.…”

“…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 . Traffic accidents stand out among the external causes of mortality.…”

“…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 .…”

“…Traffic accidents stand out among the external causes of mortality. They have become a public health problem of global dimension and a challenge for managers, due to their growing incidence [1][2][3]9 . These accidents generally involve a series of events and environmental factors often linked to the users, the vehicles, and the roads 3,5,9,10 .…”

“…They have become a public health problem of global dimension and a challenge for managers, due to their growing incidence [1][2][3]9 . These accidents generally involve a series of events and environmental factors often linked to the users, the vehicles, and the roads 3,5,9,10 . A growing trend of motorcycle use in Brazil has been observed as a consequence of facilitated purchase, credit access, and extended payment deadlines; these factors attract an increasing number of customers 11 .…”