Comparative analysis of the impact of Covid-19 pandemic on road traffic injuries with fatal victims in Campinas – Brazil

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Worldwide the major impact of the COVID-19 pandemic overlapping other difficulties that already exist in the health systems.In Brazil, deaths for external cause are in the third position among all deaths. Road traffic injuries remain a seriously global health problem which causes 1.35 million deaths per year. At the end of the 2019, the world population observed the first reported cases of a respiratory distress syndrome whose spread swiftly and globally from China. In addition to the severity of the virus infection, the pandemic significantly and directly affects the community health, behaviors, social relationships, and economy. In Brazil, there are no data correlating the numbers for traffic injuries with fatal victims after the establishment of COVID-19 pandemic. Descriptive retrospective analysis of epidemiological bulletin records was divided into two groups for population study and the variables analyzed in 839 days of pandemic. Group I pré pandemic, Group II pandemic. Variables analyzed for of trauma mechanism, epidemiology, alcohol consumption, mortality, type of vehicle, day of week and period day of the collision. Traffic volume dropped during the pandemic in Campinas, there was also a drop in the number of admitted patients hospitals related to road traffic injuries. Figure 01 and 02 represent the results. While the traffic volume dropped, notably, traffic deaths remained stable despite the effect of the COVID-19 pandemic effects and the lockdown periods. Overall, with a predominance of motorcycle collisions and increased the bicycle collision. Our findings serve as a baseline for urgent traffic injury prevention programs.Fig1:Percentage share of deaths by type of vehicle involved in traffic road injuries. Fig2: Comparison between pré pandemic and pandemic group. Yasin YJ, Grivna M, Abu-Zidan FM. Global impact of COVID-19 pandemic on road traffic collisions. World J Emerg Surg. 2021 Sep 28;16(1):51.

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