title: Traffic accident and homicide mortality in Curitiba, Paraná, Brazil, 1996-2011.
abstract: to describe trends in mortality due to homicides and traffic accidents among people living in Curitiba, Parana, Brazil, from 1996 to 2011.
  
  
  
  this is an ecological time-series study using National Mortality Information System data; trend analysis was performed by polynomial regression models according to sex.
  
  
  
  the mortality coefficient due to traffic accidents among males declined from 61.7 in 1996 to 28.4 in 2011 (-46%), whilst among females it decreased from 16.5 to 7.3 deaths per 100,000 inhabitants (-44.2%); in turn, the mortality coefficient for homicides among males rose from 32.5 to 69.3 (+113.2%), whilst among females it rose from 4.4 to 5.3 deaths per 100,000 inhabitants (+20.4%).
  
  
  
  mortality due to homicides increased; prevention strategies to tackle violence should be aimed at the specificities of external causes and greater male exposure to these injuries.
authors.affiliation: Universidade Estadual de Maringá, Departamento de Enfermagem, Maringá-PR, Brasil.
authors.forename: Mayckel da Silva
authors.initials: MD
authors.lastname: Barreto
authors.affiliation: Universidade Estadual de Maringá, Departamento de Enfermagem, Maringá-PR, Brasil.
authors.forename: Elen Ferraz
authors.initials: EF
authors.lastname: Teston
authors.affiliation: Universidade de São Paulo, Faculdade de Saúde Pública, São Paulo-SP, Brasil.
authors.forename: Maria do Rosário Dias de Oliveira
authors.initials: MD
authors.lastname: Latorre
authors.affiliation: Universidade Estadual de Maringá, Departamento de Enfermagem, Maringá-PR, Brasil.
authors.forename: Thais Aidar de Freitas
authors.initials: TA
authors.lastname: Mathias
authors.affiliation: Universidade Estadual de Maringá, Departamento de Enfermagem, Maringá-PR, Brasil.
authors.forename: Sonia Silva
authors.initials: SS
authors.lastname: Marcon
mesh_terms: D000063:Accidents, Traffic / Q000401:mortality* / Q000639:trends; D001938:Brazil / Q000453:epidemiology; D002423:Cause of Death / Q000639:trends; D005260:Female; D006708:Homicide / Q000706:statistics & numerical data* / Q000639:trends; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D017678:Sex Distribution; D014754:Violence / Q000706:statistics & numerical data