[PDF] Top 20 TRAFFIC ACCIDENTS IN THE AMERICAS

... Improved support systems can translate that progress into con- crete projects for preventing accidents and diminish- ing their consequences; the experience of the indus- [r] ... See full document

... Current information delineat- ing the extent of the problem and the ex- isting infrastructure dealing with traffic control, accident prevention, health care, and statisti[r] ... See full document

... of the leading causes of mortality and morbidity in the population of people under 45 years of ...age. The consequences of multiple trauma have huge epidemiological, social and economic ... See full document

... vehicles in contemporary society are associated with so- cial status and power, including perceived pres- tige, freedom, and ...mobilize the population for safe at- titudes and solidarity in ... See full document

... from the Sistema de Vigilância de Violências e Aci- dentes (VIVA) [Violence and Accident Surveillance System], in 2011, indicate that approximately 30% of TA patients attending urgency and emergency ... See full document

... Regarding the characteristics of the atten- dance, we noted that access to health services occurred, more often, via the SAMU/ambulance/ rescue ...used in less than 6% of ...care in ... See full document

... that the Information System on Road Traffic Accidents is a useful source of information, although it presents some ...Despite the fact that this study is not an evaluative research, it ... See full document

... that the proposed classification tree has an accuracy of more than 75% which is more significant than any default model consisting of all hazard or all non-hazard ...done in order to improve the ... See full document

... Road Traffic Accidents (RTA) in Goiânia ...analyzed the time series for mortality from standardized ...95%CI0.2;5.1) in Goiânia as a whole, pedestrians (%AIR: ...95%CI2.6;24.2) ... See full document

... reveal the most severe and critical aspect of traffic accidents, mani- fested in terms of deaths in six microregions of Bahia, which accounted for almost 60% of all deaths in ... See full document

... drivers in the study area (Tabuk City), and to identify causes of road traffic accidents based on a questionnaire distributed to drivers involved in traffic ...accidents. ... See full document

... shows the distribution of pedestrian victims of traffic accidents records by time of the day and urban area of the ...accidents. The time of the accidents ... See full document

... associated in victims of head injury due to road traffic accidents, there are only two clinico-pathological studies of this ...Method: The patients were victims of road traffic ... See full document

... after the linkage between SLV and SIH/SUS was ...1). In relation to the proportion of serious injuries according to sex, there was similarity: ...2). The main mode of transport for victims of ... See full document

... identify the set of circumstances that contributed to the involvement of adults in traffic ...accidents. The study was of the cross-sectional type using secondary ...data. ... See full document

... The first section reviews data on alcohol-re- lated mortality, traffic accidents, crime, suicide, and psychiatric problems; the second section summarizes surveys of drinking pattern[r] ... See full document

... used the following vari- ables: cyclist accident and other traffic accidents (yes = cyclist accident and no = other traffic acci- dents) as the dependent variable and the follow- ... See full document

... motorcycle accidents involve adolescents and young people, there is an urgent need for educational actions in awareness campaigns in schools, universities, leisure and entertainment environments on ... See full document

... 2003, the number of hospitalizations due to external causes was ...than the number of deaths from this same group of ...from the National Traffic Department showed that in 2002, ... See full document

... on the mechanism of trauma, injuries and factors associated with the event, which were compared between groups by using chi-square, Student t and proportions ...frequent in GI, mostly from the ... See full document