(OR = 1.9; hemorrhage (OR = 2.2; hypertension (OR = 3.0; syphilis (OR = 3.3; lack of prenatal care (OR = 5.6;, cesarean section and hospital, were associated with near miss; while hemorrhage (OR = 4.6; 95%CI: 1,, lack of prenatal care (OR = 17.4;

Desde o início da década de 80, as causas externas representam a segunda causa de morte no Brasil. Também determinam crescente demanda aos serviços de saúde. O objetivo do presente trabalho é analisar a morbi-mortalidade por causas externas no Brasil. O material do estudo é composto pelas 118.367 mortes e 652.249 internações hospitalares por causas externas ocorridas no Brasil no ano 2000. Os dados são provenientes do Sistema de Informações de Mortalidade e Sistema de Informações Hospitalares. Entre os resultados destaca-se que o coeficiente de mortalidade por causas externas foi 69,7/100 mil (119,0/100 mil para os homens e 21,8/100 mil para as mulheres). Os homicídios lideraram as causas de morte (38,3% do total), com coeficiente alto, 26,7/100 mil e as quedas lideram as internações (42,8% do total). Os traumas e lesões relacionados ao transporte terrestre são importantes tanto na morbidade quanto na mortalidade. As fraturas representaram 42,6% das hospitalizações, mais freqüentes em membros superiores e inferiores. Aponta-se que os programas de prevenção devem ter impacto tanto na mortalidade quanto na morbidade, com destaque para os homicídios, transporte e quedas.

OBJECTIVE To estimate the potential years of life lost by road traffic injuries three years after the beginning of the Decade of Action for Traffic Safety.METHODS We analyzed the data of the Sistema de Informações sobre Mortalidade (SIM – Mortality Information System) related to road traffic injuries, in 2013. We estimated the crude and standardized mortality rates for Brazil and geographic regions. We calculated, for the Country, the proportional mortality according to age groups, education level, race/skin color, and type or quality of the victim while user of the public highway. We estimated the potential years of life lost according to sex.RESULTS The mortality rate in 2013 was of 21.0 deaths per 100,000 inhabitants for the Country. The Midwest region presented the highest rate (29.9 deaths per 100,000 inhabitants). Most of the deaths by road traffic injuries took place with males (34.9 deaths per 100,000 males). More than half of the people who have died because of road traffic injuries were of black race/skin color, young adults (24.2%), individuals with low schooling (24.0%), and motorcyclists (28.5%). The mortality rate in the triennium 2011-2013 decreased 4.1%, but increased among motorcyclists. Across the Country, more than a million of potential years of life were lost, in 2013, because of road traffic injuries, especially in the age group of 20 to 29 years.CONCLUSIONS The impact of the high mortality rate is of over a million of potential years of life lost by road traffic injuries, especially among adults in productive age (early mortality), in only one year, representing extreme social cost arising from a cause of death that could be prevented. Despite the reduction of mortality by road traffic injuries from 2011 to 2013, the mortality rates increased among motorcyclists.