@article{ref1,
title="Femicides and victim's age-associated factors in Peru",
journal="Hispanic health care international",
year="2023",
author="Quispe, Antonio M. and Roman-Lazarte, Víctor and Cornelio, Deysy K. and Florez, Yohaida M. and Romero Q, Abigail and Vargas, Lucía and Sedano, Claudia A.",
volume="ePub",
number="ePub",
pages="ePub-ePub",
abstract="Background. Femicides are an increasing social problem worldwide. In this study, we aim to describe the trend of femicides in the prepandemic decade and characterize the femicide victims and their perpetrators. <br><br>METHODS. We assessed the trend of femicides in Peru during 2010-2019 and performed a cross-sectional study to analyze the femicides reported in 2019 using open data. <br><br>RESULTS. We analyzed 166 femicides reported in 24/25 regions of Peru in 2019 and calculated a yearly incidence of 1.01 femicides per 100,000 women. This incidence level represents an increase of 38% compared to the mean annual incidence from 2010 to 2018 (0.74 femicides per 100,000 women). Most femicides occurred in urban areas (64%), through strangling/asphyxiation (25.9%), stabbing (23%), and shooting (16%). Most victims were mothers (61%) 30 years old or over (51%). Most perpetrators have had a partner history with their victims (69%), 30 years old or over (62%), employed (57%), and consumed enablers (51%). Our regression analysis observed that the victim's age was associated with the perpetrator's age and partner history. <br><br>CONCLUSIONS. Femicides are endemic in Peru, and the main characteristics of the victims and their perpetrators offer opportunities for tackling this social problem in Peru and similar low- to middle-income countries.<p /> <p>Language: en</p>",
language="en",
issn="1540-4153",
doi="10.1177/15404153231163324",
url="http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/15404153231163324"
}