title: [Morbidity and mortality of young Brazilian men due to aggression: expression of gender differentials].
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.
authors.affiliation: Centro Latino Americano de Estudos sobre Violênciae Saúde Jorge Carelli, Escola Nacional de Saúde Pública Sergio Arouca, Fundação Oswaldo Cruz., Av. Brasil 4036/700, Manguinhos, 21.040-361 Rio de Janeiro, RJ. edinilsaramos@gmail.com
authors.forename: Edinilsa Ramos
authors.initials: ER
authors.lastname: de Souza
authors.forename: Romeu
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Gomes
authors.forename: Juliana
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Guimarães e Silva
authors.forename: Bruna Soares Chaves
authors.initials: BS
authors.lastname: Correia
authors.forename: Marta Maria Alves
authors.initials: MM
authors.lastname: da Silva
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000374:Aggression; D001938:Brazil / Q000453:epidemiology; D005260:Female; D006760:Hospitalization / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D009017:Morbidity; D009026:Mortality; D017678:Sex Distribution; D012737:Sex Factors; D014754:Violence / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D055815:Young Adult