Mona Gizelle Dreger Nery, Felipe Souza Dreger Nery, Sheila Regina Dos Santos Pereira, Lara Aguiar Cavalcante, Beatriz Mota Gomes, Ana Cláudia Oliveira Teles, Olinda do Carmo Luiz, Edna Maria de Araújo
This ecological, time-trend study examined rates of homicide against women residing in Brazil, by state and race/colour, from 2016 to 2020, by performing. Multiple analysis by regression model on longitudinal data. During the study period, 20,405 homicides of women were recorded in Brazil. Standardised homicides rates were higher among black women (6.1/100,000) than among white women (3.4/100,000). From 2016 to 2020, rates decreased 25.2%, from 4.7 deaths per 100,000 women in 2016 to 3.5 in 2020, with a statistically significant downward trend among both black and white women...
March 2024: Ciência & Saúde Coletiva