# Presentation: 394462

## An overview of Injury Mortality in Argentina 

- Ingrid Waisman, MD
- Committee for Accident Prevention
- Sociedad Argentina de Pediatría

## -10%

- -34%

- -8,3%

## First 10 causes of death. Argentina 2003

## 90,9%

- 88,6%

- 76,4%

- 40,6%

- 48,1%

- 52,2%

- 55,4%

- 57,4%

- 61,1%

- 73,8%

## From: Direccion de Estadisticas e Informacion de Salud, Ministry of

- Health, Argentina. Database 2003

## ARGENTINA

- Chubut

- Santa Cruz

- Salta

- Buenos Aires

- Rio Negro

- Cordoba

- Mendoza

- La Pampa

- Santa Fe

- Chaco

- Neuquen

- La Rioja

- San Juan

- San Luis

- Catamarca

- Jujuy

- Corrientes

- Formosa

- Entre Rios

- Santiago del Estero

- Misiones

- Tucuman

- Tierra del Fuego

- Ciudad Bs As

- Population Density

- _Country Population_
- _density_: 13,8 inhabitants
- per sq km

- From: INDEC, 2003

- _Population_: 37.869.723
- _Area_: 2,7 million sq km

## ARGENTINA

- Chubut

- Santa Cruz

- Salta

- Buenos Aires

- Rio Negro

- Cordoba

- Mendoza

- La Pampa

- Santa Fe

- Chaco

- Neuquen

- La Rioja

- San Juan

- San Luis

- Catamarca

- Jujuy

- Corrientes

- Formosa

- Entre Rios

- Santiago del Estero

- Misiones

- Tucuman

- Tierra del Fuego

- Ciudad Bs As

- Unsatisfied basic needs
- (Percent)

- Country: 17,7%
- Ciudad Buenos Aires: 7,8%

- From: INDEC, 2001

## ARGENTINA:

- Chubut

- Santa Cruz

- Salta

- Buenos Aires

- Rio Negro

- Cordoba

- Mendoza

- La Pampa

- Santa Fe

- Chaco

- Neuquen

- La Rioja

- San Juan

- San Luis

- Catamarca

- Jujuy

- Corrientes

- Formosa

- Entre Rios

- Santiago del Estero

- Misiones

- Tucuman

- Tierra del Fuego

- Ciudad Bs As

- Inhabitants per vehicle

- Country: 3,58 inhab. Per vehicle
- Ciudad Buenos Aires: 1,78

- From: Registro Nacional de Antecedentes
- De Tránsito, 2003

## ARGENTINA:

- Chubut

- Santa Cruz

- Salta

- Buenos Aires

- Rio Negro

- Cordoba

- Mendoza

- La Pampa

- Santa Fe

- Chaco

- Neuquen

- La Rioja

- San Juan

- San Luis

- Catamarca

- Jujuy

- Corrientes

- Formosa

- Entre Rios

- Santiago del Estero

- Misiones

- Tucuman

- Tierra del Fuego

- Ciudad Bs As

- All Injury Mortality Rate

- From: Direccion de Estadisticas e
- Información de Salud, 2003

- Country: 48,2%ooo

## ARGENTINA:

- Chubut

- Santa Cruz

- Salta

- Buenos Aires

- Rio Negro

- Cordoba

- Mendoza

- La Pampa

- Santa Fe

- Chaco

- Neuquen

- La Rioja

- San Juan

- San Luis

- Catamarca

- Jujuy

- Corrientes

- Formosa

- Entre Rios

- Santiago del Estero

- Misiones

- Tucuman

- Tierra del Fuego

- Ciudad Bs As

- From: Direccion de Estadisticas e
- Información de Salud, 2003

- Unintentional Injury

- Country: 27%ooo

## ARGENTINA:

- Chubut

- Santa Cruz

- Salta

- Buenos Aires

- Rio Negro

- Cordoba

- Mendoza

- La Pampa

- Santa Fe

- Chaco

- Neuquen

- La Rioja

- San Juan

- San Luis

- Catamarca

- Jujuy

- Corrientes

- Formosa

- Entre Rios

- Santiago del Estero

- Misiones

- Tucuman

- Tierra del Fuego

- Ciudad Bs As

- MVT Injury

- From: Direccion de Estadisticas e
- Información de Salud, 2003

- Country:8,9%ooo

## ARGENTINA

- Firearm
-     0-4,35
-     4,35-6,85

-  6,85-9,18

- 9,18-14,16

- Firearm Mortality Rate

- Country: 9,9 %ooo
- Ciudad de Buenos Aires: 8,32%ooo

- From: Direccion de Estadisticas e Información de Salud, 2003

- Relationship between Unsatisfied Basic Needs and Infant Mortality

- r= 0,71

## Unintentional injury and Infant Mortality rate

- Comparison between unintentional injury mortality rates and infant mortality rates

- r= - 0,0029

## Injury Mortality in Argentina. Comments

- Is a major public health problem
- Injury Mortality is significant in all age groups
- This situation has not improved through time
- There is little social  or political awareness of the magnitude of injury mortality and morbidity
- There is no relation between Injury Mortality rates and levels of poverty,  or Infant Mortality rates.

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