title: Injuries from traffic accidents and use of protection equipment in the Brazilian population, according to a population-based study.
abstract: The article aims to describe the injuries in traffic according to demographic characteristics, use of protective equipment, use of health services, activity limitations and disabilities. The percentage involvement in traffic accidents with injuries, the percentage of use of protective equipment, use of health services, limitation of daily activities, disability and sequelae, according to educational level, race, color, sex, age and region of residence it estimated.The use of safety belt in the adult population was 79.4%and 50.2% in the front seats and back, respectively; the helmet use among motorcycle drivers and passengers were respectively 83.4 and 80.1. Safety equipment are less used in the North and Northeast and in the countryside. Reported car accident last month 3.1%, being higher in males 4.5%, the people of complete primary schooling and School graduate, young adult and the brown race-color. Among the injured received some form of health care due to this accident 52.4%, were admitted 7.7%. They reported having had limitation of daily activities, disabilities and consequences arising from traffic accidents 14.1%. Car accidents are high in the country.
authors.affiliation: Escola de Enfermagem, Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais, Belo Horizonte, MG, Brasil, dcmalta@uol.com.br.
authors.forename: Deborah Carvalho
authors.initials: DC
authors.lastname: Malta
authors.affiliation: Secretaria de Vigilância em Saúde, Ministério da Saúde, Brasília, DF, Brasil.
authors.forename: Silvânia Suely Caribé de Araújo
authors.initials: SS
authors.lastname: Andrade
authors.affiliation: Instituto Brasileiro de Geografia e Estatística, Rio de Janeiro, RJ, Brasil.
authors.forename: Nayara
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Gomes
authors.affiliation: Secretaria de Vigilância em Saúde, Ministério da Saúde, Brasília, DF, Brasil.
authors.forename: Marta Maria Alves
authors.initials: MM
authors.lastname: da Silva
authors.affiliation: Instituto de Patologia Tropical e Saúde Pública, Universidade Federal de Goiás, Goiânia, GO, Brasil.
authors.forename: Otaliba Libânio
authors.initials: OL
authors.lastname: de Morais Neto
authors.affiliation: Universidade Federal de São Paulo, São Paulo, SP, Brasil.
authors.forename: Ademar Arthur Chioro
authors.initials: AA
authors.lastname: dos Reis
authors.affiliation: Secretaria de Vigilância em Saúde, Ministério da Saúde, Brasília, DF, Brasil.
authors.forename: Antônio Carlos Figueiredo
authors.initials: AC
authors.lastname: Nardi
mesh_terms: D000063:Accidents, Traffic / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D001938:Brazil / Q000453:epidemiology; D002648:Child; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009049:Motorcycles; D014947:Wounds and Injuries / Q000453:epidemiology*; D055815:Young Adult