2015
DOI: 10.1590/1413-81232015203.11172014
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Gender inequalities in external cause mortality in Brazil, 2010

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“…Another noteworthy finding was the high level of alcohol intake by assault victims, this being reported by more than half the male victims and one third of female victims. The findings of this study are consistent with those of other studies conducted in Brazil and abroad 5,13,15 with regard to the predominance of males as both victims of assault and aggressors. A national study of morbidity and mortality among Brazilian youth owing to assault during the period 1996 to 2007 found a male:female sex ratio of 11.6 with regard to the number of deaths, 4.5 for the number of hospital admissions and 2.8 for the number of emergency attendances 16 .…”
Section: Discussionsupporting
confidence: 92%
“…Another noteworthy finding was the high level of alcohol intake by assault victims, this being reported by more than half the male victims and one third of female victims. The findings of this study are consistent with those of other studies conducted in Brazil and abroad 5,13,15 with regard to the predominance of males as both victims of assault and aggressors. A national study of morbidity and mortality among Brazilian youth owing to assault during the period 1996 to 2007 found a male:female sex ratio of 11.6 with regard to the number of deaths, 4.5 for the number of hospital admissions and 2.8 for the number of emergency attendances 16 .…”
Section: Discussionsupporting
confidence: 92%
“…There is a lot of regional heterogeneity in sex differentials. Moura et al (2015) found out that the in the North region the mortality rates are 8.9 times higher for males, while the lowest differential was observed in the South region (6.5). In Figure 5, it is very clear the differences for males and females on the age at death distribution In Alagoas, in the Northeast, for example, the differences between 2000 and 2010 age at death distribution curves for young adult males are quite striking.…”
Section: Discussionmentioning
confidence: 83%
“…Brazil, for each death of a women related to external causes, eight men died (MOURA et al, 2015). There is a lot of regional heterogeneity in sex differentials.…”
Section: Discussionmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…Cerca de 35% das mulheres no mundo já sofreu alguma forma de violência praticada ou por parceiro afetivo ou por terceiro 1 A mortalidade feminina apresenta importantes particularidades em relação à masculina, em especial quando se estudam as causas externas de morte. A incidência de MCE é maior entre os homens que entre as mulheres, com os primeiros tendo um risco cerca de cinco vezes maior de morrer precocemente por causa violenta 4 . Entretanto, as mortes violentas entre as mulheres, particularmente nas MIF, têm aumentado na maior parte do território nacional 4,5 .…”
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“…A incidência de MCE é maior entre os homens que entre as mulheres, com os primeiros tendo um risco cerca de cinco vezes maior de morrer precocemente por causa violenta 4 . Entretanto, as mortes violentas entre as mulheres, particularmente nas MIF, têm aumentado na maior parte do território nacional 4,5 . Entre 83 países estudados quanto à taxa de homicídios em mulheres nos anos de 2011 a 2013, o Brasil ocupou a quinta colocação da ordem decrescente (4,8 óbitos por 100 mil mulheres) 5 .…”
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