Acidentes de moto: perfil epidemiológico de vítimas em uma cidade do interior cearense.

Abstract

It is remarkable the large crescent of motorcycle accidents in the country. Each year, the figures show that the number of deaths and morbidities grows because of road rage. The causes that lead to these alarming figures are mainly the ease of purchase and motorcycle financing, inability to drive, no more effective monitoring, the combination of alcohol and speeding, non-use of PPE (equipment individual) as the protective helmet. The most efficient procedure to obtain satisfactory results, it would work on the aforementioned risk factors in order to minimize them and thus reduce the amount of accidents. Objectives: To describe the epidemiology of injured motorcyclists in the city of Aurora-CE in the period 2009-2013. Methods: exploratory, descriptive, cross-sectional and retrospective research with quantitative approach. The study population resulted victims of motorcycle accidents of that city and the sample consisted of chips outpatient General Hospital Ignez Andreazza and recorded during the period from January 1, 2009 and December 31, 2013, which were sociodemographic and analyzed data related to accidents. Results: sex and age group most incidents by motorcycle accidents were men (80.4%), 18-28 years old, single (54.6%), in rural area (54.4%). The injuries occurred primarily during the hours of 18h to 23h59, with a sharp increase in December and a steady increase from 2009 to 2013 The main outcome of the cases was the stabilization and transfer to other hospitals.Conclusion: Aurora, located in Ceará cariri has an event rate of motorcycle accidents quite high, there is evidence that this increase is closely related to a number of factors that predispose the event of accidents, the lack of a more effective supervision, a slow process education of pedestrians, disregard for traffic laws by motorcyclists.