TY  - JOUR
PY  - 2020//
TI  - Violence in Honduras from 2008 to 2018
JO  - Injury prevention
A1  - Landa-Blanco, Miguel
A1  - Cheon, Hyunjung
A1  - Reyes Flores, Luis Gerardo
A1  - Spohn, Cassia
A1  - Katz, Charles Max
SP  - ePub
EP  - ePub
VL  - ePub
IS  - ePub
N2  - The current study documents homicide trends in Honduras from 2008 to 2018. Specifically, this study describes demographics of homicide victims and incident profiles (ie, weapons) using homicide data from the Honduras National Police and census data from the National Institute of Statistics. A total of 58 543 homicide incidents were analysed. <br><br>RESULTS indicated that the homicide rate in Honduras increased from 2008 to 2011 and decreased substantially after 2011. In addition, the male homicide victimisation rate was significantly higher than the female homicide victimisation rate across the entire time period, with the highest rate for males aged 30-44 (233.4 per 100 000 population). Firearms were the weapons used most frequently in homicides (80.3%). Implications of the findings are discussed in light of public safety in Honduras.<br><br>© Author(s) (or their employer(s)) 2020. No commercial re-use. See rights and permissions. Published by BMJ.<p />  <p>Language: en</p>
LA  - en
SN  - 1353-8047
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1136/injuryprev-2019-043536
ID  - ref1
ER  -