Citation

Sauer MT, Wagner MB. Cad. Saude Publica 2003; 19(5): 1519-1526.

Vernacular Title

Acidentes de transito fatais e sua associacao com a taxa de mortalidade infantil

Affiliation

Departamento de Pediatria e Puericultura, Universidade Luterana do Brasil, Canoas, RS, 92420-280, Brasil. mariatns@terra.com.br

Copyright

(Copyright © 2003, Escola Nacional De Saude Publica)

DOI

unavailable

PMID

14666233

Abstract

This ecological study evaluates the association between fatality rates in traffic accidents (FR-V) and the study variables: infant mortality rate (IMR), proportion of young drivers involved in motor vehicle accidents (MVA) with casualties, and the proportion of young residents from 1995 to 1998 in the Brazilian State capitals and the Federal District. There was an important association between the MVA fatality rate and IMR (r = 0.57; p = 0.002), that is, the less developed a society, the higher its traffic mortality rate. No significant association was found between the proportion of young drivers in MVA with casualties and the MVA fatality rate (r = -0.27; p = 0.184). Nevertheless, the strong association observed between the proportion of young residents and the MVA mortality rate (r = 0.59; p = 0.002) suggests a possible correlation between traffic mortality and adolescence.