Female homicides in Brazil before and during the COVID-19 pandemic: an interrupted time-series analysis.

ABSTRACT:

Background

The COVID-19 pandemic has influenced violence against women worldwide, but its impact on female homicides in low- and middle-income countries remains poorly understood. Brazil, which records some of the highest female homicide rates globally, provides a critical setting to examine this association. This study assessed the temporal association between the pandemic and monthly female homicide rates in Brazil from January 2017 to December 2022.

Methods

We applied an interrupted time series (ITS) design with quasi-Poisson regression to estimate changes in homicide levels and trends after the pandemic onset, adjusting for serial autocorrelation and seasonality. Pre-pandemic trend linearity was tested, and sensitivity and placebo analyses were performed. To address unde

SUBMITTER: do Nascimento KRF 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC12553206 | biostudies-literature | 2025 Oct

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature