Two-wheeled vulnerability: trend and demographic profile of mortality caused by motorcycle traffic violence in Brazil, 2004-2014

Abstract Objective To analyze mortality trend among motorcyclists caused by traffic accidents, and to analyze the demographic profile of the victims. Method This study is a historical series which aims to evaluate the average variation of deaths among motorcyclists in the Brazilian macro-regions; correlation between deaths and the circulating fleet; raw and standardized mortality rates calculated according to age, gender, race, schooling, and work accident. Results A significantly increase on mortality trend was observed among motorcyclists in the Brazilian macro-regions (p-value