@article{ref1,
title="Map of homicides by firearms: profile of the victims and the assaults",
journal="Revista da Escola de Enfermagem da U S P",
year="2015",
author="Trindade, Ruth França Cizino da and Costa, Flávia Azevedo de Mattos Moura and Silva, Patrícia de Paula Alves Costa da and Caminiti, Gustavo Bussi and dos Santos, Claudia Benedita",
volume="49",
number="5",
pages="748-755",
abstract="OBJECTIVEDescribing the profile of victims and assaults by gunshot, where the outcome was death.<br><br>METHODAn ecological study conducted in the city of Maceió/AL, in 2012. Data were collected from the death statements. The variables studied were: the death circumstances, gender, age, marital status, place, date, time, month and proportion according to the occurring neighborhood.<br><br>RESULTSThe homicide mortality rate was 65.2 per 100,000 inhabitants, with 130.6 per 100,000 men and 7.8 per 100,000 women. Of the total number of homicides, 93.6% of the victims were men. The age group between 15 and 29 years of age was the most affected, with 68.8%. In 97.6% of cases the death occurred at the site of aggression, 74.1% in the streets. In relation to the date, 54.2% of cases occurred between Friday and Sunday. 59.7% of the homicides were concentrated in seven neighborhoods.<br><br>CONCLUSIONThe map of violence presented shows heterogeneous areas for the occurrence of assaults with firearms, characterizing the existing urban inequality in violence distribution.<p /> <p>Language: pt</p>",
language="pt",
issn="0080-6234",
doi="10.1590/S0080-623420150000500006",
url="http://dx.doi.org/10.1590/S0080-623420150000500006"
}