10.6084/m9.figshare.7507265.v1 Gisetti Corina Gomes Brandão Gisetti Corina Gomes Brandão Anne Jaqueline Roque Barrêto Anne Jaqueline Roque Barrêto Jaqueline Correia Gaspar Jaqueline Correia Gaspar Ruth França Cizino da Trindade Ruth França Cizino da Trindade Natália Luzia Fernandes Vaz Natália Luzia Fernandes Vaz Maria Amélia de Campos Oliveira Maria Amélia de Campos Oliveira Accidents and violence: a portrait of the occurrences in emergency care services SciELO journals 2018 violence emergency service, hospital accidents, traffic 2018-12-26 02:57:14 Dataset https://scielo.figshare.com/articles/dataset/Accidents_and_violence_a_portrait_of_the_occurrences_in_emergency_care_services/7507265 <p></p><p>This study aimed to characterize the care provided in a hospital emergency service in Maceió city, Alagoas, Brazil, and identify the characteristics of accident victims attended at this service in 2009. Exploratory, descriptive study, with a quantitative approach. Data were collected from secondary sources. Based on the total number of accidents in 2009, which summed 143,262, a random sample of 399 occurrences was selected, calculated with a sampling error of 5% and confidence interval of 95%. For data collection, it was used a form drawn up based on the record of Accidents and Violence Secretariat of Health Surveillance, Ministry of Health. The variables studied were age and sex of the victim, type and time of the occurrence. The majority (76.19%) of victims were men, aged between 15 and 49 years (66.96%), predominantly between 20 and 29 years (26.50%); 11.55% were drivers of vehicles, and 8.02% were pedestrians. The highest incidence of accidents occurred during the afternoon and evening, with 31.33% and 32.83% of cases, respectively. The results highlight the risk that drivers face in land transport traffic in the city of Maceió, and such occurrences need interventions and other research to assess risk situations.</p><p></p>