Profile of female deaths by homicide in the city of Goiânia

• Main Authors: Luana Muzzi Vaz David (Author), Ruth Minamisava (Author), Priscila Valverde de Oliveira Vitorino (Author), Maria José Pereira Rocha (Author), Viviane Santos Mendes Carneiro (Author), Maria Aparecida da Silva Vieira (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Associação Brasileira de Enfermagem.
• Subjects: article
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Summary

ABSTRACT 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.

Item Description

1984-0446
10.1590/0034-7167-2018-0985