@article{ref1,
title="Profile of female deaths by homicide in the city of Goiânia",
journal="Revista Brasileira de Enfermagem",
year="2020",
author="David, Luana Muzzi Vaz and Minamisava, Ruth and Vitorino, Priscila Valverde de Oliveira and Rocha, Maria José Pereira and Carneiro, Viviane Santos Mendes and Vieira, Maria Aparecida da Silva",
volume="73 Suppl 4",
number="",
pages="e20180985-e20180985",
abstract="OBJECTIVES: to identify the female homicide profile in the city of Goiânia.   METHODS: a cross-sectional, descriptive study that characterized female deaths by homicide from 2008 to 2015. They occurred in Goiânia, and registered in the Mortality Information System. Cases of homicide of women aged ≥ 10 years were eligible. Other causes of death were excluded. Descriptive statistical analysis with frequencies.   RESULTS: three hundred seventy-six women died from assault, with an increase in the percentage of deaths annually. Most of the victims were young (57.5%), single (78.8%), mixed-ethnicity (61.1%) and with low education (58.4%). The most frequent means of assault was firearm (64.0%). The health districts with the highest record of female deaths due to assault were southwest, center and northwest.   CONCLUSIONS: the predominant profile of women victims of femicide was young, mixed-ethnicity, single, with low level of education and living in less favored regions.<p /> <p>Language: pt</p>",
language="pt",
issn="0034-7167",
doi="10.1590/0034-7167-2018-0985",
url="http://dx.doi.org/10.1590/0034-7167-2018-0985"
}