Female homicides in Brazil: global burden of disease study, 2000-2018.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Female homicides are a public health-relevant issue, and its spatial distribution may evidence socioeconomic vulnerabilities. This study aims to analyze the temporal and spatial trends of female homicides in Brazil and investigate socioeconomic-demographic factors associated with it.

Methods

This is an ecological, descriptive, and analytical epidemiological study investigating the age-standardized female homicide rate in all Brazilian municipalities between 2000 and 2018, divided into three periods. Spatial and temporal analyses were conducted using the Global Moran's Index and LISA to identify clusters of high and low rates. Rates were also calculated by population size and means of violence across macro-regions. For the last period, a multivariable linear regres

SUBMITTER: Vasconcelos NM 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11570984 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature