Automobile Accident Disability-Adjusted Life Years in Brazil, 2017

Tamires Feitosa de Lima's ecological study describes the impact of automobile accidents in Brazil in 2017 on disability-adjusted life years (DALYs). The data, sourced from the Global Burden of Disease 2017 via the Institute for Health Metrics and Evaluation, covers individuals of both sexes aged 15 to 49. It shows a decrease in death and DALY rates in Brazil compared to global and Southern Latin American averages.

Use Cases

• Compare national road injury burdens based on death and DALY rates mentioned in the description
• Analyze trends in automobile accident impact for specific age groups (15-49 years) based on the study's focus
• Benchmark Brazil's road safety performance against global and regional (Southern Latin America) rates described in the abstract

Strengths

• Data originates from the authoritative Global Burden of Disease 2017 study by the Institute for Health Metrics and Evaluation
• Provides specific metrics: a 19.68% decrease in death rates and a 22.10% decrease in DALY rates for the studied demographic in Brazil
• Enables comparative analysis across three geographic levels: Global, Brazil, and Southern Latin America

Limitations

• Row count and column-level documentation are absent; field semantics must be inferred after download
• Last update date is unknown; freshness unverified
• Data may reflect temporal bias inherent to the single-year (2017) focus of the paper

Provenance

Source

Global Health Data Exchange (Global Burden of Disease 2017), Institute for Health Metrics and Evaluation (IHME)

Collection Method

Secondary data analysis using cause, location, and demographic filters.

Time Range

2017

Geography

Global, Brazil, Southern Latin America