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- The study analyzed data on mortality, hospitalization, and emergency visits due to assaults in Brazil from 1996 to 2007, focusing on males aged 15 to 29.
- The findings showed a significant disparity in assault-related outcomes between genders, with males experiencing over 11 times higher mortality and 4.5 times higher hospitalization rates compared to females.
- Regional differences revealed the Southeast and Northeast regions had the highest rates, and the research concluded that cultural gender norms and socio-structural factors contribute to these disparities, which intensify during adolescence and early adulthood.
Article Abstract
Mortality, hospitalization and emergency attendance visits for assault in Brazil, from 1996 to 2007 were analyzed. The data sources are the Mortality Information System/SIM, the Hospital Information System/SIH and the Surveillance System of Violence and Injuries/VIVA of the Ministry of Health. It was focused on males in the 15 to 29 year-old age group, and other variables related to the victim, the aggressor and the event. The male/ woman distribution was 11.6 times higher for mortality, 4.5 times for hospitalization and 2.8 times for hospital emergency treatment. In 2007 the rate of 15 to 29 year-old men was 92.8/100,000 inhabitants. The Southeast and Northeast have the highest incidence and prevalence. The conclusion was that the male/female differential rates occurs during adolescence, intensifies in early adulthood, and despite decreasing in intensity, continues until death. Cultural gender models and socio-structural aspects were examined to explain such marked differences.
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