[Considerations on death by domestic violence in Neamt County, between 1997-2008].
METHODS
The study include a series of 132 cases of domestic violence (DV) accounting for 58% of the 228 homicides recorded between 1997 and 2008 in the Neamt county. Data were processed and interpreted based on epidemiological, statistic and mathematical computer-based methods.


RESULTS
In 1998, in the Neamt county, 0.69 per thousand homicides were recorded as compared to 2.56 at country level. In 2000, the rate of homicides by DV had significantly increased, reaching 12.3 per thousand, compared to 4.5 per thousand at the national level. The prevalence of homicides by DV, according to environment, gender, age groups and other features is presented.


CONCLUSIONS
Domestic violence is hard to control, this phenomenon being uncommon to Romanian society, but represents a major social and public health problem.
Doctorand al Universităţii de Medicină şi Farmacie Gr.T. Popa Iaşi.
Maria
M
Temeş
Alina
A
Manole
Mioara
M
Matei
A
A
Ivan
D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D017677:Age Distribution; D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D017579:Domestic Violence / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D005260:Female; D006708:Homicide / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D015995:Prevalence; D012189:Retrospective Studies; D012307:Risk Factors; D012383:Romania / Q000453:epidemiology; D012621:Seasons; D017678:Sex Distribution; D013179:Spouse Abuse / Q000706:statistics & numerical data