title: [Juvenile homicides and informal work in a Brazilian city in the Brazil, Paraguay, and Argentina tri-border area].
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To analyze the spatial distribution of juvenile homicide mortality for males in the city of Foz do Iguaçu (state of Paraná), located in the Brazil, Paraguay, and Argentina tri-border area, between 2000 and 2007.
  
  
  METHODS
  The data were obtained from the Ministry of Health's Mortality Information System (SIM) and the Brazilian Geography and Statistics Institute (IBGE). Spatial analysis of 873 deaths distributed in 11 demographic expansion areas (AEDs) was performed using ArcGIS® 9.2 and GeoDaTM software.
  
  
  RESULTS
  A negative spatial autocorrelation was observed (I = -0.3563; P = 0.0250), indicating high, but dissimilar, homicide rates in all AEDs. Of 14 socioeconomic indicators analyzed, a negative (I = -0.2574; P = 0.0360) and positive (I = 0.2574; P = 0.0310) spatial autocorrelation was recorded for informal and formal work, respectively, indicating that the higher the number of informal jobs in a specific AED, the lower the homicide rate in neighboring AEDs. We identified a high rate of juvenile homicides, informal jobs, and importation of juvenile homicide victims from other AEDs into AED 6, located near the Paraguayan border.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  The high rate of juvenile homicides in some areas of Foz do Iguaçu is influenced by the high rate of informal occupations. This points to a serious social problem; namely, unemployment associated with lack of professional training.
authors: Centro de Educação e Letras, Foz do Iguaçu, Grupo de Pesquisa em Saúde Coletiva, Universidade Estadual do Oeste do Paraná, Foz do Iguaçu, PR, Brasil. luc.and1973@gmail.com
authors: Luciano
authors: L
authors: de Andrade
authors: Oscar Kenji
authors: OK
authors: Nihei
authors: Sandra Marisa
authors: SM
authors: Pelloso
authors: Maria Dalva Barros
authors: MD
authors: de Carvalho
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000294:Adolescent Behavior; D001118:Argentina; D001938:Brazil; D005260:Female; D040362:Geographic Information Systems; D005843:Geography; D006708:Homicide / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D009026:Mortality / Q000639:trends*; D010239:Paraguay; D012111:Residence Characteristics; D018570:Risk Assessment; D013223:Statistics as Topic; D014505:Urban Population / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*