Profile of female deaths by homicide in the city of Goiânia.

Autor:	David LMV; Pontifícia Universidade Católica de Goiás, Goiânia, Goiás, Brazil., Minamisava R; Universidade Federal de Goiás, Goiânia, Goiás, Brazil., Vitorino PVO; Pontifícia Universidade Católica de Goiás, Goiânia, Goiás, Brazil., Rocha MJP; Pontifícia Universidade Católica de Goiás, Goiânia, Goiás, Brazil., Carneiro VSM; Pontifícia Universidade Católica de Goiás, Goiânia, Goiás, Brazil., Vieira MADS; Pontifícia Universidade Católica de Goiás, Goiânia, Goiás, Brazil.
Jazyk:	Portuguese; English
Zdroj:	Revista brasileira de enfermagem [Rev Bras Enferm] 2020; Vol. 73 Suppl 4, pp. e20180985. Date of Electronic Publication: 2020 Jul 31.
DOI:	10.1590/0034-7167-2018-0985
Abstrakt:	Objectives: to identify the female homicide profile in the city of Goiânia. Methods: a cross-sectional, descriptive study that characterized female deaths by homicide from 2008 to 2015. They occurred in Goiânia, and registered in the Mortality Information System. Cases of homicide of women aged ≥ 10 years were eligible. Other causes of death were excluded. Descriptive statistical analysis with frequencies. Results: three hundred seventy-six women died from assault, with an increase in the percentage of deaths annually. Most of the victims were young (57.5%), single (78.8%), mixed-ethnicity (61.1%) and with low education (58.4%). The most frequent means of assault was firearm (64.0%). The health districts with the highest record of female deaths due to assault were southwest, center and northwest. Conclusions: the predominant profile of women victims of femicide was young, mixed-ethnicity, single, with low level of education and living in less favored regions.
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