The population evaluated in this retrospective study,
849,269 inhabitants from the cities of Limeira, Piracicaba and Rio Claro, Brazil, is young, has great mobility, lives in urban areas and is economically active. In a 7-year period, the number of inhabitant per motorcycle had a great increase in these three cities, in 2002 there were 14.24 inhabitants per motorcycle and this number in 2009 doubled to 7.52 inhabitants per motorcycle 15 . The users affirm that motorcycles are affordable, fuel-efficient, have cheaper maintenance than a car and facilitate locomotion in the overcrowding traffic, characteristics of the São Paulo state.
The results of this study demonstrated that motorcycle accidents are common among young male patients. Gopalakrishna et al.13 reported a prevalence of maxillofacial injury in males (89.7%) with a mean age of 28.7 years. According to Oginni et al.16, the male-female ratio was 3.5:1, the peak age incidence for males was 20 to 29 years, whereas female had a peak age incidence of 10 to 19 years in motorcycles accidents. In accordance with the present study, other Brazilians studies investigated the prevalence of young males involved in two wheel vehicle accidents17-18. Our
The population evaluated in this retrospective study,
849,269 inhabitants from the cities of Limeira, Piracicaba and Rio Claro, Brazil, is young, has great mobility, lives in urban areas and is economically active. In a 7-year period, the number of inhabitant per motorcycle had a great increase in these three cities, in 2002 there were 14.24 inhabitants per motorcycle and this number in 2009 doubled to 7.52 inhabitants per motorcycle 15 . The users affirm that motorcycles are affordable, fuel-efficient, have cheaper maintenance than a car and facilitate locomotion in the overcrowding traffic, characteristics of the São Paulo state.
The results of this study demonstrated that motorcycle accidents are common among young male patients. Gopalakrishna et al.13 reported a prevalence of maxillofacial injury in males (89.7%) with a mean age of 28.7 years. According to Oginni et al.16, the male-female ratio was 3.5:1, the peak age incidence for males was 20 to 29 years, whereas female had a peak age incidence of 10 to 19 years in motorcycles accidents. In accordance with the present study, other Brazilians studies investigated the prevalence of young males involved in two wheel vehicle accidents17-18. Our
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