Citation

Kilsztajn S, Carmo MS, Sugahara GT, Lopes ES. Cad. Saude Publica 2005; 21(5): 1408-1415.

Vernacular Title

Vitimas da cor: homicidios na regiao metropolitana de Sao Paulo, Brasil, 2000.

Affiliation

Pontificia Universidade Catolica de Sao Paulo, Sao Paulo, Brasil.

Copyright

(Copyright © 2005, Escola Nacional De Saude Publica)

DOI

/S0102-311X2005000500013

PMID

16158146

Abstract

The objective of this paper was to analyze the homicide rate by racial/ethnic origin in Greater Metropolitan Sao Paulo, Brazil, after controlling for schooling, gender, and age. Based on available vital statistics for Sao Paulo and from the National Census, the homicide rates for blacks and non-blacks in Greater Metropolitan Sao Paulo in 2000 were calculated for 134 units (38 municipalities and 96 capital districts). In addition, two categories (reference and exposure) were created for each of the following death certificate socio-demographic data: race, schooling, gender, and age. The research used descriptive and logistic regression analyses. Although homicide rates were invariably higher for blacks than for non-blacks, the race variable was not statistically significant when schooling, gender, and age were controlled. The higher homicide rate for blacks in Greater Metropolitan Sao Paulo results from overrepresentation of blacks both among individuals with low schooling and in the young male population, the principal exposure categories for homicide.