Factors associated with homicide in Manaus, Amazonas, Brazil, 2014
Jesem Douglas Yamall Orellana1, Geraldo Marcelo da Cunha2, Bárbara Christie de Souza Brito3
1Fundação Oswaldo Cruz, Instituto Leônidas e Maria Deane, Manaus-AM, Brasil.
Objective:
to identify characteristics, magnitude and factors associated with homicide in Manaus-AM, Brazil.
Methods:
cross-sectional study, with data from the Mortality Information System (SIM); homicide rates and odds ratio (OR) were estimated, comparing to other external causes, for 2014; logistic regression was used.
Results:
of the 1,657 violent deaths, 913 were due to homicide; homicide rate was of 55.8/100 thousand inhabitants (95%CI 52.1;59.7); odds ratio was higher among males (OR 3.4; 95%CI 2.3;5.1) when compared with females; among single (OR 1.6; 95%CI 1.1;2.5) and widowed individuals (OR 4.1; 95%CI 1.1;15.6), when compared with married individuals; at night/early hours (OR 2.1; 95%CI 1.6;2.9) and in the afternoon (OR 1.7; 95%CI 1.2;2.4), when compared with the morning period; the probability was higher among individuals under 35 years, with less schooling.
Conclusion:
homicide mortality in Manaus was high, especially among males and young individuals with less schooling.
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