Female homicides and femicides in Ecuador: a nationwide ecological analysis from 2001 to 2017.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Gender-based violence is a major public health concern arising from the structural discrimination of women and girls. In 2014, Ecuador criminalized acts of femicide in response to a growing crisis across the region. As no epidemiological studies on the state of female homicides and femicides have been published, we estimated patterns of female homicides and femicides nationally and the burden through economic cost per years of life lost, between 2001 and 2017.

Methods

Using aggregated data from the National Institute of Census and Statistics and police records we estimated the annual mortality rates, cumulative incidence and prevalence odds ratios for female homicides and femicides, from 2001 to 2017. The impact of aggressions, assaults and violence on years of li

SUBMITTER: Ortiz-Prado E 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9238169 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Jun

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature