OBJECTIVE:
to describe workplace accident incidence and mortality in the state of Amazonas, Brazil.
METHODS:
descriptive study using 2000-2011 data from the following information systems: Social Security (MPS); Communicable Diseases (Sinan); and Mortality (SIM). We calculated incidence, mortality, lethality and Potential Years of Life Lost (PYLL).
RESULTS:
AEPS recorded 56,365 accidents, 371 of which were fatal. It also showed a reduction in mortality and lethality between 2000 and 2011. Sinan recorded 1,542 injuries. SIM recorded 567 work-related deaths, 70% of which werefrom external causes and did not have their relationship to work specified. PYLL owing to workplace accidents were estimated to be 21,291.50.
CONCLUSION:
information was overwhelmingly fragmented, cases were under-reported and there was little notification of communicable diseases by health professionals. This hindered epidemiological analysis.
Occupational Health; Epidemiology, Descriptive; Potential Years of Life Lost; Accidents, Occupational
