Abstract

LIMA, Maria Luiza Carvalho de; CESSE, Eduarda Ângela Pessoa; ABATH, Marcella de Brito  and  OLIVEIRA JUNIOR, Fernando José Moreira de. Mortality trends in motorcycle accidents in the State of Pernambuco, 1998-2009. Epidemiol. Serv. Saúde [online]. 2013, vol.22, n.3, pp.395-402. ISSN 1679-4974.  http://dx.doi.org/10.5123/S1679-49742013000300004.

OBJECTIVE: to analyse motorcycle accident (MA) mortality trends from 1998 to 2009 in Pernambuco according to gender anddevelopment areas (DA). METHODS: ecological time series study of Pernambuco state residentMA deaths recorded between 1998 and 2009. Polynomial regression models were used, with statistical significance set at 5%, to analyse AIA mortality coefficient trends. RESULTS: 3,110 MA deaths and average MA mortality coefficient of 2.81/100,000 inhabitants. Excess male mortality was found in the entire time series studied. Mortality showed an average annual increase trend of 0.3 deaths per 100,000 inhab. (p=0.001). Average annual increase was higher in males and in the Araripe, Meridional and Pajeú hinterland DAs. CONCLUSION: given the growing trend of MA mortality, wide-ranging and multi-sectoral intervention implementation is recommended to respond to this problem.

Keywords : Accidents; Traffic; Motorcycles; Mortality; Mortality Rate; Temporal Distribution.

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