title: Characterization of victims of aggression and transportation accidents treated at the Forensic Medicine and Dentistry Institute - Campina Grande, Paraíba, Brazil - 2010.
abstract: The objective of this cross-sectional census study was to characterize agression and land-based transport accidents in a city in the Northeast of Brazil. Data was analyzed from live victims who were treated at a forensic service (N = 2.379). In the descriptive analysis, the majority of events were represented by aggression (71.6%); which occurred on weekdays (65%), with 35.1% at night. Trauma occurred to the whole body (63.6%) and to soft tissue (74.2%). On the basis of multiple correspondence analysis, two dimensions were formed: the first dimension (internal reliability = 0.654) was formed by the cause of the event, the trauma and the age group and the second dimension (reliability = 0.514), by age group, occupation and civil status. Three groups with distinct profiles were formed for accidents and aggression: young women who suffered aggression, with trauma to the face and soft tissues during the evening and at weekends; adult men who suffered car accidents, in the morning and on work days; and retired elderly widowers, who were run over.
authors.affiliation: Departamento de Odontologia, Universidade Estadual da Paraíba, Campina Grande, PB, Brasil, davila2407@hotmail.com.
authors.forename: Sergio
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: d'Avila
authors.affiliation: Departamento de Odontologia Social e Preventiva, Faculdade de Odontologia, Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais.
authors.forename: Ana Cristina
authors.initials: AC
authors.lastname: Campos
authors.affiliation: Departamento de Odontologia Social e Preventiva, Faculdade de Odontologia, Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais.
authors.forename: Gigliana Maria Sobral
authors.initials: GM
authors.lastname: Cavalcante
authors.affiliation: Departamento de Odontologia Social e Preventiva, Faculdade de Odontologia, Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais.
authors.forename: Carlos Jose de Paula
authors.initials: CJ
authors.lastname: Silva
authors.affiliation: Departamento de Odontologia, Universidade Estadual da Paraíba, Campina Grande, PB, Brasil, davila2407@hotmail.com.
authors.forename: Lorena Marques
authors.initials: LM
authors.lastname: da Nóbrega
authors.affiliation: Departamento de Odontologia Social e Preventiva, Faculdade de Odontologia, Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais.
authors.forename: Efigenia Ferreira E
authors.initials: EF
authors.lastname: Ferreira
mesh_terms: D000063:Accidents, Traffic / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000374:Aggression; D001938:Brazil; D002648:Child; D003430:Cross-Sectional Studies; D005260:Female; D005553:Forensic Dentistry; D005554:Forensic Medicine; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D014947:Wounds and Injuries / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000209:etiology; D055815:Young Adult