Determinants of homicides in the state of Bahia, Brazil, in 2009

Revista Brasileira de Epidemiologia

Souza, Edinilsa Ramos de¹  Sousa, Carlos Augusto Moreira de¹  Silva, Cosme Marcelo Furtado Passos da¹ 

[1] Fundação Oswaldo Cruz, Rio de Janeiro, Brasil

关键词: Violence;    Epidemiologic factors;    Residence characteristics;    Statistical analysis;    Spatial analysis;    Socioeconomic factors;   

DOI  :  10.1590/1415-790X201400010011ENG

学科分类：过敏症与临床免疫学

来源: SciELO

【 摘 要 】

PURPOSE: To carry out a study of association between socioeconomic and demographic factors and homicides in general population, in the state of Bahia, in 2009. METHODS: This is an ecological study. The data were collected from the database of the Information System about Mortality of the Ministry of Health, from the Brazilian Institute of Geography and Statistics and the Institute of Applied Economic Research. The Global Moran index was calculated for the detection of spatial autocorrelation, and the Local Moran index was calculated for the detection of spatial Clusters. The transformation in the variable answer (homicides rates) was performed and it was shaped using the Conditional Autoregressive Model. RESULTS: The data showed spatial autocorrelation. Two clusters of municipalities with high rates of homicides were identified, one located predominantly in the Greater Metropolitan Region of Salvador and the other in the South Region of Bahia, especially Eunápolis and Lauro de Freitas, which had the highest rates. The Average Residents Variables, local GDP and the Percentage of Illiteracy presented an inverse association with homicide rates, and the variables Firjan's municipal development index of work and income. Enrolment in high school and the Average of Bolsa Família were directly associated. CONCLUSIONS: The urbanization process, in most cases, not controlled by the State, in most cases, made the cities bigger and with better socioeconomic conditions, attraction centers for people with different socioeconomic levels, increasing the social inequality among the residents of these regions, with parallel increase in homicide rates.

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