FACTORS RELATED TO DEATH OUTCOME DUE TO EXTERNAL CAUSES:
INTEGRATIVE REVIEW
DOI:
https://doi.org/10.36489/saudecoletiva.2026v18i113p20966-20989Keywords:
External Causes, Violence, Accidents, Death, MortalityAbstract
Objective: To identify factors associated with deaths from external causes. Methods: An integrative review using data from PubMed, LILACS, and SciELO, employing the terms: external causes, violence, accidents, death, and mortality. Inclusion criteria required studies to be observational and published within the last five years. A total of 16,869 studies were identified; following the review of titles, abstracts, and full texts, the final sample consisted of 30 articles. Results: Regarding traffic accidents, the most predominant factors were sex and age. For suicide and homicide, male sex and working age predominated, whereas female sex and older age were more closely associated with falls. Conclusion: The study identified factors associated with death from external causes and underscored the importance of recognizing these factors to pinpoint the groups, behaviors, and conditions that increase the likelihood of death, thereby supporting analyses regarding the preventability of this outcome.








