Introduction:

Trauma injuries are the leading cause of premature mortality worldwide.

Objective:

To analyze trends in mortality due to trauma injuries in Colombia from 2007 to 2017.

Methods:

We conducted a study of association based on official information from the National Administrative Department of Statistics (In Spanish, DANE). It included a trend analysis of mortality rates adjusted for age and sex, bivariate analysis to demonstrate differences in proportions with the chi-square test and multivariate analysis to calculate the Odds Ratio (OR) for trauma mortality using multivariate logistic regression.

Results:

214,258 deaths were attributed to trauma injuries, and 88.2 % of them occurred among men of all ages. The mean mortality rate during the study period was 40.9 deaths per 100,000 people (75.2 among men and 9.7 in women). The main causes of death among men were firearms injuries (OR multivariate=2,287; IC 95% 2,217 - 2,358) while road traffic among women (OR multivariate= 2,224; IC 95% 2,163 - 2,286).

Conclusion:

Overall, mortality rates due to trauma injuries were higher among men of all ages than women, but 25 to 29 (149,5 per 100 000 men/year) and 30 to 34 year-old (133,9 per 100 000 men). males were more likely to die due to violence-related injuries.