title: [Map of homicides by firearms: profile of the victims and the assaults].
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  Describing the profile of victims and assaults by gunshot, where the outcome was death.
  
  
  METHODS
  An ecological study conducted in the city of Maceió/AL, in 2012. Data were collected from the death statements. The variables studied were: the death circumstances, gender, age, marital status, place, date, time, month and proportion according to the occurring neighborhood.
  
  
  RESULTS
  The homicide mortality rate was 65.2 per 100,000 inhabitants, with 130.6 per 100,000 men and 7.8 per 100,000 women. Of the total number of homicides, 93.6% of the victims were men. The age group between 15 and 29 years of age was the most affected, with 68.8%. In 97.6% of cases the death occurred at the site of aggression, 74.1% in the streets. In relation to the date, 54.2% of cases occurred between Friday and Sunday. 59.7% of the homicides were concentrated in seven neighborhoods.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  The map of violence presented shows heterogeneous areas for the occurrence of assaults with firearms, characterizing the existing urban inequality in violence distribution.
authors.affiliation: Universidade Federal de Alagoas, Maceió, AL, Brazil.
authors.forename: Ruth França Cizino da
authors.initials: RF
authors.lastname: Trindade
authors.affiliation: Universidade Estadual de Santa Cruz, Ilhéus, BA, Brazil.
authors.forename: Flávia Azevedo de Mattos Moura
authors.initials: FA
authors.lastname: Costa
authors.affiliation: Universidade Federal de Alagoas, Maceió, AL, Brazil.
authors.forename: Patrícia de Paula Alves Costa da
authors.initials: Pde P
authors.lastname: Silva
authors.affiliation: Universidade de Ribeirão Preto, Ribeirão Preto, SP, Brazil.
authors.forename: Gustavo Bussi
authors.initials: GB
authors.lastname: Caminiti
authors.affiliation: Escola de Enfermagem de Ribeirão Preto, Universidade de São Paulo, Ribeirão Preto, SP, Brazil.
authors.forename: Claudia Benedita dos
authors.initials: CB
authors.lastname: Santos
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D001938:Brazil; D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D005260:Female; D005389:Firearms; D006708:Homicide / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D014754:Violence / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D055815:Young Adult