Mortalidad por homicidios en México: tendencias, variaciones socio-geográficas y factores asociados

Abstract

Mortalidad por homicidios en México: tendencias, variaciones socio-geográficas y factores asociados

El incremento de la mortalidad por armas de fuego y su relación con el estancamiento de la esperanza de vida en México

“…Because the vast majority of FA-related deaths over the last decade in Mexico were homicides, some arguments proposed in previous studies 1,2,18 to explain the evolution of the homicide rate in Mexico, with a pattern similar to the rate of FA-related deaths in recent years, may be valid to understand the reduction in the mortality rate from FA between 2000 and 2007 and its remarkable rise thereafter.…”

“…Such factors include the intensification of the fight against drug-trafficking cartels for the control of territories, which implies the use of even more powerful firearms (cartels have gone from the use of 38-mm revolvers to the use of assault rifles such as the AK-47) 40 , the war against organized crime undertaken by the Mexican government since 2007 (with the deployment of the army in much of the country), high levels of impunity and corruption in the country's security and justice systems 41,42 and the increasing number of firearms in the hands of civilians, which mostly enter illegally along the border with the United States 1,35 . According to international sources, individuals in Mexico circa 2007 had more than 15.5 million FA 43 , of which only 2.8 million were registered 44 .…”

“…In Mexico, violent deaths have increased substantially in the last 20 years, particularly homicide and suicide rates [1][2][3] . Similarly, the presence of organized crime has increased, and with it, the crime associated with drug trafficking and the smuggling of high-powered firearms (FA), which has led some authors to conceptualize the levels of violence reached as a criminal insurgency 4,5 .…”

Homicidio juvenil en México y su impacto en la esperanza de vida masculina: variaciones geográficas y factores asociados

“…Los jóvenes mexicanos -en especial los hombres-son protagonistas en esta escalada de la criminalidad, pues existen condiciones en el país que aumentan el riesgo de que puedan ser víctimas de hechos delictivos o de verse implicados ellos mismos en la comisión de delitos: condiciones tanto de carácter estructural -por ejemplo, la persistente disparidad social (3) -, como de su entorno -en el ámbito familiar (violencia doméstica), en la escuela (acoso, intimidación) o en la comunidad (pandillerismo, narcomenudeo, características del barrio en que reside)-que hacen a los jóvenes extremadamente vulnerables a la violencia (4) . Varios estudios han documentado el incremento de la violencia homicida en la población juvenil mexicana en el presente siglo, lo que ha provocado que los homicidios sean la principal causa de muerte entre los hombres jóvenes mexicanos en los últimos años (4,5,6) .…”

Homicídios De Crianças E Adolescentes: Estudo Dos Registros Do Instituto Médico Legal Regional Do Recôncavo Baiano

“…Entre as causas de mortes na juventude, resultados de pesquisas destacam o homicídio como reflexo da identidade social, dos problemas existentes na coletividade, relacionados a variáveis macrossociais, como desigualdade, impunidade, corrupção, presença do crime organizado. As consequências desses homicídios são mortes prematuras ou problemas estruturais e psicológicos acometendo grande contingente populacional 6 .…”