Mortalidade por homicídios e acidentes de trânsito em um município de tríplice fronteira no Sul do Brasil, período de 2000 a 2010

Abstract

The aim of this study was to describe the historical series of deaths by homicide and traffic accidents in the total population of Foz do Iguaçu, in the period 2000 to 2010. It is a descriptive study, resorting mortality rates, based on official data from the Mortality Information System (SIM), collected from the database of the municipality’s Health Department. In the period, 3459 obits were analyzed: 881 by land transportation accidents and 2578 by homicides, of which over 80% of deaths were amongst men. It was observed specific mortality rates up to 104,6 by one hundred thousand inhabitants (2006) for homicides and up to 35,9 by hundred thousand inhabitants (2010) for land transportation accidents, of which pedestrians were the major victims in the study period, representing 28,9% of obits. In homicides the firearm was present on 94,2% of deaths occurred on male. Both on the land transportation accidents and homicides, the highest mortality rates were found on the age group of 20 to 29 years old, and individuals of white skin color were the ones that had the higher percentage on both groups (62%). The high mortality rates observed during the period suggest local application of preventive measures, joint with the tri-border area’s countries.