Utilidad del análisis geográfico en el estudio de las muertes por atropellamiento
Objective. The purpose of this paper is to demonstratethe usefulness of geographic analysis to assess the distributionof fatal pedestrian run-over injuries. Material andmethods. Cross-sectional study of mortality due to pedestrianrun-over injuries was conducted in year 2000. Datawere abstracted from...
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| Tipo de documento: | artigo |
| Estado: | Versão publicada |
| Data de publicação: | 2000 |
| País: | México |
| Recursos: | Instituto Nacional de Salud Pública |
| Repositório: | Redalyc-INSP |
| OAI Identifier: | oai:redalyc.org:10642306 |
| Acesso em linha: | https://www.redalyc.org/articulo.oa?id=10642306 |
| Access Level: | Acceso aberto |
| Palavra-chave: | Salud Mexico traffic mortality geographic analysis Key words: accidents |
| Resumo: | Objective. The purpose of this paper is to demonstratethe usefulness of geographic analysis to assess the distributionof fatal pedestrian run-over injuries. Material andmethods. Cross-sectional study of mortality due to pedestrianrun-over injuries was conducted in year 2000. Datawere abstracted from death certificates of pedestrians whodied due to run-over injuries in Mexico City, during 1994-1997 (International Classification of Diseases code E814.7).Crude mortality rates were obtained by political districtand gender. Georeferenced mortality data were mapped bydifferent levels of aggregation, using the software programMap-Info. Results. A total of 3 687 pedestrian fatalities werereported; 71% of them were Mexico City residents. Only1 152 deaths (43.5%) were georeferenced, due to availabilityof the exact place of the event occurrence. Resultsby level of aggregation were: by political district level; MilpaAlta, Cuajimalpa and Cuauhtemoc had the highest deathrates (23 per 100 000). At the next level (neighborhoodsor colonias), ten colonias had over nine cases; and at thestreet level, one point at La Venta in Cuajimalpa presented 25death cases due to pedestrian run-over injuries. Conclusions.This kind of analysis helps us to display the spatial relationshipbetween pedestrian run-over sites and other city landmarks,to advance in the study and prevention of pedestrianrun-over deaths. |
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