Uneven state distribution of homicides in Brazil and their effect on life expectancy, 2000-2015: a cross-sectional mortality study.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

To determine cause-specific and age-specific contributions to life expectancy changes between 2000 and 2015, separately by state and sex in Brazil, with a focus on homicides.

Design

Retrospective cross-sectional demographic analysis of mortality.

Setting and population

Brazilian population by age, sex and state from 2000 to 2015.

Main outcome measure

Using mortality data from the Brazilian Mortality Information System and population estimates from the National Statistics Office, we used death distribution methods and the linear integral decomposition model to estimate levels and changes in life expectancy. We also examine how multiple causes of death, including those attributable to homicides and amenable/avoidable mortality, contributed to these chan

SUBMITTER: Aburto JM 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7887357 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Feb

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature