SciELO - Scientific Electronic Library Online

 
vol.37 issue3Validation of the Colombian Version of Scale for Assessment of Insigth Expanded Version (SAI-E) in Subjects with Mood and Pychotic Disorders author indexsubject indexarticles search
Home Pagealphabetic serial listing  

Services on Demand

Journal

Article

Indicators

Related links

Share


Revista Colombiana de Psiquiatría

Print version ISSN 0034-7450

Abstract

SANCHEZ PEDRAZA, Ricardo; TEJADA NEIRA, Paola Andrea  and  GUZMAN SABOGAL, Yahira. Intentional Violent Deaths in Bogotá, 1997-2005: Gender Differences. rev.colomb.psiquiatr. [online]. 2008, vol.37, n.3, pp.316-329. ISSN 0034-7450.

Introduction: Intentional deaths are still a frequent cause of mortality worldwide. Several studies have reported differences in violent deaths between men and women. Methods: An ecological study using the Box-Jenkins methodology time series analysis was implemented to evaluate the trends of this kind of deaths in a period of 8 years and compare the tendencies between genders. Results: the results suggest that violent deaths are more frequent in men and homicides show a seasonal pattern. There is a decreasing tendency in the frequency of homicides except for women’s suicide group, where it has been stable. Conclusion: This behavior could generate, in the long term, the loss of frequency differences among men and women.

Keywords : Gender identity; suicide; homicide; death; crime victims; violence.

        · abstract in Spanish     · text in Spanish     · Spanish ( pdf )

 

Creative Commons License All the contents of this journal, except where otherwise noted, is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution License