Citation

Amarante CM, de Souza ER, do Couto MG. Rev. Saude Publica 1994; 28(3): 178-186.

Vernacular Title

Mortalidade por violencias: aplicacao de tecnicas de analise exploratoria em area

Affiliation

Departamento de Epidemiologia e Métodos Quantitativos em Saúde e do Centro Latino-Americano de Estudos de Violência e Saúde da Escola Nacional de Saúde Pública-Rio de Janeiro, Brasil.

Copyright

(Copyright © 1994, Faculdade de Higiene e Saude Publica)

DOI

unavailable

PMID

7747075

Abstract

An exploratory analysis of gross death rates due to external reasons was carried out in the area of the "Baixada Fluminense", and in the Rio de Janeiro city, covering the 1979-1987 period. The main goal was to verify mortality trends in the area and period of time specified, in an attempt to investigate a premiss according to which violence rates have been increasing. Results obtained have shown that death rates presented tendency to a non-linear increase throughout this period. A decrease was observed from 1979 to 1983, followed by an increase, since 1984, on to a higher level.

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