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0057/2014 - Gender inequalities in violence and injury mortality in Brazil, 2010
Desigualdades de gênero na mortalidade por causas externas no Brasil, 2010..

Author:

• Erly Moura - Moura, Erly - Ministério da Saúde - <erlycm@usp.br> +

Co-author(s):

• Alice Cristina Medeiro das Neves - Neves, Alice Cristina Medeiro das - UnB – Nutrição Brasília Brazil - <erlycm@usp.br>
• Eduardo Schwarz Ministério da Saúde -Brasília - Schwarz,Eduardo - Ministério da Saúde -Brasília - <erlycm@usp.br>
• Maria Thereza Falcão - Falcão, Maria Thereza - Universidade de São Paulo (USP) - Departamento de Medicina Preventiva - <marthecouto@gmail.com>
• Romeu Gomes - Gomes, R. - Instituto Fernandes Figueira - <romeugo@gmail.com>
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3100-8091

Thematic Area:

Saúde e Gênero

Abstract:

Objective: To estimate mortality rate by external causes and to evaluate the probability of precocious death according to socio-demographic characteristics by gender in Brazil. Methods: National data were obtained from the Mortality Information System of the Health Minister, performing 241,276 deaths among men and 112,386 among women. To adjust, standardized mortality ratio by age according place of residence were calculated by direct method. Probability rates by external causes were calculated by sex according to age, region of residence, race/skin color, education and conjugal situation, using Poisson regression. Results: The standardized mortality coefficient of external causes is higher among men (183 per thousand inhabitants) than among women (23 per thousand inhabitants). The rates are higher among young men (20 to 29 years old) in all regions and decrease with aging. The mortality rate reaches 7.6 times higher among men comparably to women, being higher in North and Northeast regions. The death incidence by external causes is higher among men (36.4%) than among women (10.9%), meaning 170% more risk for men. The risk is also higher among the youngest: 6.00 for men and 7.36 for women. The main kind of death by external causes among men is aggressions, followed by transport accidents, the opposite of women. Aggressions perform almost 80 deaths by thousand men, corresponding

Keywords:

men’s health. mortality. external causes. gender. Brazil

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Moura, Erly, Neves, Alice Cristina Medeiro das, Schwarz,Eduardo, Falcão, Maria Thereza, Gomes, R.. Gender inequalities in violence and injury mortality in Brazil, 2010. Cien Saude Colet [periódico na internet] (2014/Oct). [Citado em 27/09/2024]. Está disponível em: http://cienciaesaudecoletiva.com.br/en/articles/gender-inequalities-in-violence-and-injury-mortality-in-brazil-2010/15041



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