Traumatismo cranioencefálicoe os acidentes de trânsito: levantamento epidemiológico entre os anos de 2008 E 2016

Traumatic Brain Injury (TBI) is considered the main reason for premature death in Brazil, and the causes are listed within the group of pathologies caused by external causes, auto accidents being the main factor. This is an ecological study designed to evaluate the epidemiological profile of TBI in Brazil. For that reason, data from Belo Horizonte (MG), Campo Grande (MS), Curitiba (PR), Palmas (TO) and Teresina (PI) were analyzed because these are municipalities that are part of the implementation of Life in Transit intervention project, a project focused on surveillance and prevention of traffic injuries and deaths. The data was obtained through the Hospital Information System from SUS (the Brazilian public health system), and we have considered the pre-intervention period (2008 to 2011) and the post-intervention period (2012 to 2016). It was observed that the largest increase in the number of hospitalizations for TBI due to traffic accidents was in Teresina (102%), 13.67% of it with fatalities. Male had the highest number of hospitalizations in the five municipalities in both periods from 2008 to 2011 (19,960 cases) and from 2012 to 2016 (30,000 cases). Considering the five municipalities, the total amount of expenses with hospital services, in general, had an average of 15,408,834 per year. Despite the positive performance of the Life in Transit Project, the socioeconomic impact associated with TBI and its high prevalence and incidence rate is constantly increasing. The results go beyond physical deficiencies to the victims and exorbitant costs to society, which turns it into a major public health problem.