title: [Years of potential life lost by female homicide victims in Recife, Pernambuco State, Brazil].
abstract: This cross-sectional epidemiological study aimed to calculate the potential years of life lost by female homicide victims in Recife, Pernambuco State, Brazil, in 2003-2007. A database was used from the Operational Division for Information on Births and Deaths under the Recife Municipal Health Department. All death certificates for childbearing-age women were reviewed for the five-year period. The results showed a total of 12,120 potential years of life lost by these women, mostly young, black (88%), with unknown levels of schooling (78.2%), single (80%), in District III of the city, and murdered with firearms in their own homes. The specific mortality rate was 10.8 homicides per 100,000 childbearing-age women. The 43.3 years of life lost per woman express the city's characteristics, poverty levels, unemployment, population density, residential instability, and social inequality, exposing residents to social strife, crime, and violence.
authors: Universidade Federal de Pernambuco, Recife, Brasil. leonildoss@gmail.com
authors: Leonildo Severino da
authors: LS
authors: Silva
authors: Maria Lúcia Neto de
authors: ML
authors: Menezes
authors: Cyntia Lins de Almeida
authors: CL
authors: Lopes
authors: Maria Suely Medeiros
authors: MS
authors: Corrêa
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D017677:Age Distribution; D000367:Age Factors; D001938:Brazil / Q000453:epidemiology; D002648:Child; D019548:Crime Victims / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D003430:Cross-Sectional Studies; D005260:Female; D006708:Homicide / Q000208:ethnology / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D006801:Humans; D008017:Life Expectancy / Q000208:ethnology; D008875:Middle Aged; D061213:Mortality, Premature / Q000208:ethnology; D044469:Racial Groups; D012189:Retrospective Studies; D012959:Socioeconomic Factors; D013997:Time Factors; D055815:Young Adult