Factors associated with homicides of women in Brazil, by race or colour, 2016-2020

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ID21152728
AuthorsMona Gizelle Dreger De Oliveira (0000-0001-7462-0497, Universidade Estadual de Feira de Santana), Felipe Souza Nery (0000-0003-2858-4469, UEFS, Brazil), Sheila Regina Dos Santos Pereira (0000-0001-6537-3041, UEFS, Brazil), Lara Cavalcante (0000-0001-7194-4648, Instituto Pólis/Abrasco, Brasil), Beatriz Mota Gomes (0000-0003-0064-9048, UEFS, Brazil), Ana Cláudia Oliveira Teles (0000-0001-6687-6345, Universidade Federal dos Vales do Jequitinhonha e Mucuri), Olinda Do Carmo Luiz (0000-0002-2596-3626, Universidade de São Paulo), Edna Maria De Araujo (0000-0003-1643-2054, Universidade Estadual de Feira de Santana)
Year2024
Volume29
Issue3
Publication date2024-01-01
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueCiência & Saúde Coletiva (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 1413-8123 • E-ISSN: 1678-4561
PublisherFapUNIFESP (SciELO) (PUBLISHER)
DOI10.1590/1413-81232024293.10202023en
OpenAlexW4392404072
LanguageEN
References cited18

This ecological, time-trend study examined rates of homicide against women residing in Brazil, by state and race/colour, from 2016 to 2020, by performing. Multiple analysis by regression model on longitudinal data. During the study period, 20,405 homicides of women were recorded in Brazil. Standardised homicides rates were higher among black women (6.1/100,000) than among white women (3.4/100,000). From 2016 to 2020, rates decreased 25.2%, from 4.7 deaths per 100,000 women in 2016 to 3.5 in 2020, with a statistically significant downward trend among both black and white women. Statistically significant inverse relationships were found between female homicide rates and HDI, illiteracy rate and proportion of ill-defined causes. The average homicide rate decreased in 2019 and 2020, as compared with 2016. Despite the decreasing time trend in homicide rates for both black and white women, they differed substantially by race, with worse outcomes for black women

Environmental health · Geography · Homicide · Injury prevention · Medical emergency · MEDLINE · Occupational safety and health · Poison control · Political science · Sociology · Suicide prevention · Demography · Gender Studies · Homicide, Infanticide, and Child Abuse · Human Factors and Ergonomics · Intimate Partner and Family Violence · Medicine · Sex work and related issues · Gerontology

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