TY  - JOUR
PY  - 2020//
TI  - Profile of female deaths by homicide in the city of Goiânia
JO  - Revista Brasileira de Enfermagem
A1  - David, Luana Muzzi Vaz
A1  - Minamisava, Ruth
A1  - Vitorino, Priscila Valverde de Oliveira
A1  - Rocha, Maria José Pereira
A1  - Carneiro, Viviane Santos Mendes
A1  - Vieira, Maria Aparecida da Silva
SP  - e20180985
EP  - e20180985
VL  - 73 Suppl 4
IS  - 
N2  - 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>
LA  - pt
SN  - 0034-7167
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1590/0034-7167-2018-0985
ID  - ref1
ER  -