Characterization of victims of aggression and transportation accidents treated at the Forensic Medicine and Dentistry Institute - Campina Grande, Paraíba, Brazil - 2010

Ciência & Saúde Coletiva

Sergio D'avila¹  Ana Cristina Campos¹  Gigliana Maria Sobral Cavalcante¹  Carlos Jose De Paula Silva¹  Lorena Marques Da Nóbrega¹  Efigenia Ferreira E Ferreira¹ 

关键词: Violence;    External causes;    Morbidity;    Violência;    Causas externas;    Morbidade;   

DOI  :  10.1590/1413-81232015203.12922014

来源: SciELO

【 摘 要 】

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.

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