A spatial analysis of urban transit accidents assisted by Emergency Mobile Care Services: an analysis of space and time.

نویسندگان

  • Marcela Franklin Salvador de Mendonça
  • Amanda Priscila de Santana Cabral Silva
  • Claudia Cristina Lima de Castro
چکیده

INTRODUCTION Urban transit accident are a global public health problem. The objective of this study was to describe the profile of the victims and the occurrences of urban transit accidents attended to by emergency mobile care services (Serviço de Atendimento Móvel de Urgência- SAMU) in Recife, and their distribution based on spatial analysis. METHODOLOGY An ecological study, developed through secondary data from emergency mobile care services in Recife, referring to the total number of occurrences of urban transit accidents attended to from January 1 to June 30, 2015. The spatial analysis was performed using the Moran index. RESULTS Basic support units performed most of the emergency services (89.2%). Among the victims, there was a predominance of males (76.8%) and an age group of 20 - 29 years old (31.5%). Collisions were responsible for 59.9% of the transit accidents, and motorcycles for 61.6% of the accidents among all means of transportation. Friday was the day that showed the highest risk for treatment, and there was a concentration of events between 6:00 am - 8:59am and 6:00pm - 8:59pm. The MoranMap identified critical areas where calls came from traffic accidents during the period analyzed. DISCUSSION The records of the mobile service from the spatial analysis are an important source of information for health surveillance. CONCLUSION The spatial analysis of urban transit accidents identified regions with a positive spatial correlation, providing subsidies to the logistical planning of emergency mobile care services. This study is groundbreaking in that it offers such information about the region.

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عنوان ژورنال:
  • Revista brasileira de epidemiologia = Brazilian journal of epidemiology

دوره 20 4  شماره 

صفحات  -

تاریخ انتشار 2017