Female homicide in Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil

Revista Brasileira de Epidemiologia

Meneghel, Stela Nazareth²  Hirakata, Vania Noemi¹  Leites, Gabriela Tomedi² 

[1] Hospital de Clínicas de Porto Alegre, Porto Alegre, Brazil;Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul, Porto Alegre, Brazil

关键词: Homicide;    Female;    Aggression;    Cause of death;    Violence against women;    Epidemiology;   

DOI  :  10.1590/1809-4503201400030006

学科分类：过敏症与临床免疫学

来源: SciELO

【 摘 要 】

This study aimed to assess the female homicide rate due to aggression in Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil, using this as a "proxy" of femicide. This was an ecological study which correlated the female homicide rate due to aggression in Rio Grande do Sul, according to the 35 microregions defined by the Brazilian Institute of Geography and Statistics (IBGE), with socioeconomic and demographic variables access and health indicators. Pearson's correlation test was performed with the selected variables. After this, multiple linear regressions were performed with variables with p < 0.20. The standardized average of female homicide rate due to aggression in the period from 2003 to 2007 was 3.1 obits per 100 thousand. After multiple regression analysis, the final model included male mortality due to aggression (p = 0.016), the percentage of hospital admissions for alcohol (p = 0.005) and the proportion of ill-defined deaths (p = 0.015). The model have an explanatory power of 39% (adjusted r2 = 0.391). The results are consistent with other studies and indicate a strong relationship between structural violence in society and violence against women, in addition to a higher incidence of female deaths in places with high alcohol hospitalization.

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