Interpersonal Violence Trauma Patients in Salvador, Brazil, 2015-2017

July 2015 to July 2017 data on 1,296 interpersonal violence victims treated at a trauma reference hospital in Salvador, Brazil. The dataset includes patient demographics, trauma mechanism, Revised Trauma Score, ICU admission, length of stay, transfusion need, and mortality. It was created by Ana Celia D C B Romeo for a study analyzing the impact of different violence types.

Use Cases

• Predicting patient mortality based on trauma mechanism and admission scores like the Revised Trauma Score
• Analyzing healthcare resource utilization, such as ICU stays and blood product transfusions, by injury type
• Comparing clinical outcomes for victims of gunshot wounds, stabbings, and beatings
• Modeling risk factors associated with longer hospital stays for violence-related injuries

Strengths

• Contains 1,296 patient records with a clear two-year time range (July 2015 to July 2017)
• Includes specific clinical outcome metrics: mortality rates per injury group (e.g., 12.7% for gunshot wounds) and mean hospital stay durations (e.g., 11.6 days for beating victims)
• Provides detailed patient demographics, including a mean age of 30.3 years and a gender breakdown (90% male)

Limitations

• Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download
• Row count is unknown for the underlying data file, which may limit suitability assessment
• Data may reflect geographic and temporal bias inherent to a single hospital study in Salvador

Provenance

Source

Ana Celia D C B Romeo

Collection Method

Retrospective study of interpersonal violence victims admitted to a trauma reference hospital.

Time Range

July 2015 to July 2017

Geography

Salvador, Brazil