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Homicide in Chile: Trends 2000-2012
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Otzen T
; Sanhueza A
; Manterola C
; Hetz M
; Melnik T
BMC Psychiatry
2015[Dec]; 15
(ä): 312
PMID26666229
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BACKGROUND: Homicide, an external cause of morbidity and mortality, caused
473,000 deaths worldwide in 2012, a rate of 6.2 per 100,000 inhabitants. The aim
of this study was to describe homicide mortality trends in Chile between 2000 and
2012 by year, gender, age group, geographic distribution (by zone and by region)
and type of homicide. METHODS: This was a population-based study. Data for
homicide mortality in Chile between 2000 and 2012 were used and they were
provided by the Chilean Ministry of Health's Department of Statistics and Health
Information (DEIS) and PAHO/WHO. The homicide mortality rates were calculated per
100,000 inhabitants. The study variables were year, geographic distribution,
gender, age group and type of homicide. The annual percentage change (APC) of the
rates was analyzed, and a logarithm of the rates by year and region was fitted by
applying linear regression models. In addition, relative risks (RR) were
calculated. 95% confidence intervals were considered in all the analyses.
RESULTS: The average yearly rate of homicide (HMR) in Chile (2000-2012) was 4.9.
The rates were higher in men (8.7) than in women (1.1), with a RR of 8.2. The
rates were higher in the country's central zone (5.0), increasing in recent years
in the southern zone, with a significant positive APC of 1.1%. The Aisén Region
had the highest rate (7.6), although Antofagasta was the region with the most
significant APC (3.1%). The highest rate (9.2) was verified in the 25 to 39 age
group. The highest rate (5.5) was recorded in 2005. The most frequent type of
homicide was assault with an object (44.8%). CONCLUSIONS: Although the homicide
rates are higher in the southern zone of the country, the northern zone is
showing a tendency to increase, becoming an even more serious problem, which not
only affects those directly involved, but society as a whole.
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