title: [Corrected estimates of femicides in Brazil, 2009 to 2011].
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To estimate the corrected femicide rates and to describe the characteristics of these deaths in Brazil during the 2009-2011 triennium.
  
  
  METHODS
  A descriptive study was performed with data from the Brazilian Mortality Information System. Femicides were defined as all female deaths classified in the Assault chapter of ICD-10 (X85-Y09). These data underwent two correction procedures: proportional redistribution of events of undetermined intent (Y10-Y34) and application of correction factors for mortality rates previously described in the literature.
  
  
  RESULTS
  During the period analyzed, 13 071 femicides were recorded in the Mortality Information System. After the first correction procedure, 17 167 femicides were estimated, corresponding to a death rate of 5.86 per 100 000 women. Higher femicide rates were recorded in the Northeast, Midwest and North regions of Brazil (6.93, 6.88 and 6.43 deaths per 100 000 women respectively) vs. 5.07 and 5.09 per 100 000 women in the South and Southeast respectively. Of the victims, 29.7% were between 20 and 29 years of age and 60.9% were black. Among women aged 15 years or older, 48% had schooling of not more than 8 years. Fire guns were used in 50.2% of deaths; 27.6% of deaths took place in the household; and 35.1% took place on weekends.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Femicide death rates were high and support the need for correction to reduce underestimation. The victims were women of all age groups, ethnicities, and schooling levels. However, most victims were young, black, with low schooling, living in the Northeast, Midwest, and North of Brazil.
authors.affiliation: Instituto de Pesquisa Econômica Aplicada, Brasília, DF, Brasil, leila.garcia@ipea.gov.br.
authors.forename: Leila Posenato
authors.initials: LP
authors.lastname: Garcia
authors.affiliation: Programa de Pós-Graduação em Medicina Tropical, Universidade de Brasília, Brasília, DF, Brasil.
authors.forename: Lucia Rolim Santana
authors.initials: LR
authors.lastname: de Freitas
authors.affiliation: Programa de Pós- Graduação em Saúde Coletiva, Universidade de Brasília, Brasília, DF, Brasil.
authors.forename: Gabriela Drummond Marques
authors.initials: GD
authors.lastname: da Silva
authors.affiliation: Departamento de Nutrição, Universidade Federal do Paraná, Curitiba, PR, Brasil.
authors.forename: Doroteia Aparecida
authors.initials: DA
authors.lastname: Höfelmann
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D001938:Brazil / Q000453:epidemiology; D002423:Cause of Death; D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D017579:Domestic Violence / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D004522:Educational Status; D005006:Ethnicity / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D005260:Female; D062306:Geography, Medical; D006708:Homicide / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D000066511:Intimate Partner Violence / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D008875:Middle Aged; D012959:Socioeconomic Factors; D014930:Women; D055815:Young Adult