Brazilian road traffic deaths data

Death certificates from road traffic crashes. Data from the Brazilian Ministry of Health, between 1996 and 2023. All variables are encoded in Brazilian Portuguese.

Usage

rtdeaths

Format

rtdeaths dataset

A data.frame with 1,005,743 rows and 23 columns:

cid

ICD-10 code of main cause of death

cod_modal_vitima

Code that identifies type of transport

modal_vitima

Mode of transport of the victim during the road crash

cod_modal_outro

Code that identifies third-party envolvement on the crash

modal_outro

Identifies third-party envolvement on the road crash

data_ocorrencia

Date of death in ISO 8601 format

ano_ocorrencia

Year of death

idade_vitima

Age in years of the victim

faixa_etaria_vitima

Age range of the victim

sexo_vitima

Sex of the victim

escolaridade_vitima

Education of the victim

raca_vitima

Race of the victim

ocup_cbo_vitima

Ocupation of the victim, based on the CBO code

estado_civil_vitima

Marital status of the victim

local_ocor

Place of death of the victim

cod_municipio_ocor

City of death occurrence, based on IBGE code

nome_regiao_ocor

Brazilian region where the death occurred

cod_municipio_res

City of residence of the victim, based on IBGE code

nome_regiao_res

Brazilian region where the victim had an residence address

nome_uf_ocor

Name of the state where the death occurred

nome_municipio_ocor

Name of the city where the death occurred

nome_uf_res

Name of the state where the victim had an residence address

nome_municipio_res

Name of the city where the victim had an residence address

Source

ftp://ftp.datasus.gov.br/dissemin/publicos/SIM/CID10/DOFET