Years of potential life lost due to motorcycle accidents | Zendy

Flávia Emí­lia Cavalcante Valença Fernandes | Zendy; Rosana Alves de Melo | Zendy; Roseane da Silva Lemos | Zendy; Saulo Bezerra Xavier | Zendy; Joebson Maurílio Alves dos Santos | Zendy; Rodrigo Gomes de Arruda | Zendy; Arnaldo de França Caldas Júnior | Zendy; Tatiane Almeida de Menezes | Zendy

AI Assistant Blog Pricing

Home ZAIA Blog

Open Access

Years of potential life lost due to motorcycle accidents

Author(s) -

Flávia Emília Cavalcante Valença Fernandes,

Rosana Alves de Melo,

Roseane da Silva Lemos,

Saulo Bezerra Xavier,

Joebson Maurílio Alves dos Santos,

Rodrigo Gomes de Arruda,

Arnaldo de França Caldas Júnior,

Tatiane Almeida de Menezes

Publication year - 2017

Publication title -

international archives of medicine

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

ISSN - 1755-7682

DOI - 10.3823/2423

Subject(s) - medicine , demography , context (archaeology) , injury prevention , population , poison control , occupational safety and health , confidence interval , suicide prevention , environmental health , human factors and ergonomics , gerontology , geography , archaeology , pathology , sociology

Traffic accidents represent a serious public health problem, because they kill approximately 1.24 million persons annually, and leave another 20 to 50 million with non-fatal lesions and traumatisms worldwide. In Brazil, in the year 2011, motorcyclists alone were responsible for one third of these deaths. Therefore, the aim of this study was to estimate the years of potential life lost due to motorcycle accidents, according to sex and age group, and analyze the trend of the indicator for the state of Pernambuco in the period from 2005 to 2014.\udMethods and Results an ecological study based on data from the System of Information about Mortality was used. The indicator and rate were calculated by using the age limit of 70 years. The linear regression model and Kruskal-Wallis and Mann-Whitney tests were used, at the level of significance of 5% and confidence of 95%. The most affected sex and age-range were men between 20-29 years of age. The rates followed a trend of growth in both sexes, in the young population with the exception of those from 10 to 19 years of age.\udConclusions: This context points out the magnitude and precociousness of motorcycle accidents in both sexes and the young population

The content you want is available to Zendy users.

Already have an account? Click here to sign in.

Having issues? You can contact us here

Accelerating Research