masterThesis
Prevalencia y caracterización de fallecimientos por lesiones mortales en accidentes de tránsito vehicular, Cuenca 2015-2018
Fecha
2022-10-30Autor
Chimbo Castillo, Mauricio Gustavo
Institución
Resumen
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.