Prevalencia y caracterización de fallecimientos por lesiones mortales en accidentes de tránsito vehicular, Cuenca 2015-2018

Abstract

Background: In Ecuador for the year 2018, according to the National Transit Agency (ANT), a total of 1,528 traffic accidents were reported in the province of Azuay, of which 1,357 presented injuries and 102 died in situ.

Objective: to determine the prevalence and characterization of deaths due to fatal injuries in vehicular traffic accidents, basin 2015-2018.

Methodology: cross-sectional descriptive study, carried out at the Center for Legal and Forensic Medicine Cuenca Zone 6, in the period 2015-2018 with 291 records. For the collection of information, a self-prepared data form was used, the statistics used were the frequency and percentage.

Results: The prevalence of deaths was 12.1 / 100 thousand inhabitants, the majority of deceased corresponds to the male sex, with marital status was single, of primary education and with ages between 19 to 35 years. Running over and collision were the most frequent traffic accident mechanisms. Injuries considered "Critical" were the most frequent, with a severity index of 61 to 75 points. Cranioencephalic trauma together with cerebral hemorrhage, cerebral edema, were the most frequent cause of death.

Conclusion: the characteristics of death due to vehicular traffic accidents are similar to those of the global and regional population, and deaths are lower than the national average.