Urban road traffic deaths

Data Linkage and Identification of High-Risk Population Sub-Groups

Bibliographic Data

ID5176107
AuthorsLúcia Maria Miana Mattos Paixão (0000-0002-8452-8018, Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais, Brasil; Observatório de Saúde Urbana de Belo Horizonte, Brasil), Eliana Dias Gontijo (Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais), Sueli Aparecida Mingoti (0000-0003-3416-4014, Observatório de Saúde Urbana de Belo Horizonte, Brasil; Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais, Brasil), Dário Alves Da Silva Costa (0000-0002-5959-0370, Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais, Brasil; Observatório de Saúde Urbana de Belo Horizonte, Brasil), Amélia Augusta De Lima Friche (0000-0002-2463-0539, Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais, Brasil; Observatório de Saúde Urbana de Belo Horizonte, Brasil), Waleska Teixeira Caiaffa (0000-0001-5043-4980, Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais, Brasil; Observatório de Saúde Urbana de Belo Horizonte, Brasil)
Year2015
Volume31
Issuesuppl 1
Pages92-106
Publication date2015-11-01
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueCadernos de Saude Publica (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0102-311X • E-ISSN: 1678-4464
PublisherFapUNIFESP (SciELO) (PUBLISHER)
DOI10.1590/0102-311x00081314
PMID26648366
OpenAlexW2189988465
SciELOS0102-311X2015001300092
LanguageEN
Citations received2
References cited20

This study analyzes the profile of deaths from road traffic accidents in Belo Horizonte, Minas Gerais State, Brazil, by linking two public databases, the Information System of the Urban Transportation and Transit Company (BH10) and the Mortality Information System (SIM). The linked database (n = 306) identified a 24% under-recording rate for deaths and differed in the age distribution from the BH10 database and in roadway user category when compared to the mortality database. The mortality rate for road traffic accidents within the city limits was 10.2 per 100,000 thousand, and was higher among men, young adults, and the elderly. Poisson multivariate regression showed a higher mean death rate for motorcycle occupants (rate ratio - RR: 1.81); pedestrians (RR: 1.32); males (RR: 1.24); single/divorced (RR: 1.27); young adults 18-29 years of age (RR: 1.75); elderly (RR: 1.59); and deaths at the crash site (RR: 1.39) when compared to the reference categories. The study unveils the city's traffic violence, expressed by the large proportion of deaths at the crash site and within the first 24 hours, and confirms the relevance of database linkage for characterizing vulnerable groups and traffic accident mortality in the urban setting

Confidence interval · Crash · Environmental health · Geography · Injury prevention · Poison control · Poisson regression · Population · Relative risk · Computer Science · Demography · Injury Epidemiology and Prevention · Medicine · Traffic and Road Safety · Trauma and Emergency Care Studies

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