Firearm death rates in Ceará, Brazil: differences between sexes
International Journal of Development Research
Firearm death rates in Ceará, Brazil: differences between sexes
Received 06th February, 2021; Received in revised form 09th March, 2021; Accepted 27th April, 2021; Published online 22th May, 2021
Copyright © 2021, Erivando de Sena Ramos et al. This is an open access article distributed under the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
This article describes firearm death rates and estimates the factors associated with this phenomenon between 2014 and 2019, according to sex, in the State of Ceará, Brazil. This is a population, ecological and cross-sectional study. During the period in focus, a high firearm death rate was found in this state (83.8%), with a high incidence among men (92.6%), and an even greater intensity in the years 2017 and 2018. Regardless of sex, fewer cases occurred in 2016 and 2019. When considering women, positive associations were observed for the factors: a) living in a region with a high population density; b) living in a metropolitan region; and c) being a teenager. In turn, for men, positive associations were observed for these factors: a) living in a region with a high human development index (HDI); b) living in a metropolitan region; c) being a teenager; and d) the years 2017 and 2018.
