Abstract:This text focuses on the analysis on homicide/assault rates in Brazil over three decades: 1979-2013. It disaggregates the information by area -Great Regions -in Brazil and provides separate statistics for young adults and young adult males, the most vulnerable group. Rates are calculated as the ratio of registered deaths by causes from the Ministry of Health and the population estimated by the Central Statistical Office -IBGE. To further enhance the comprehension of the process at a lower ecological unit, we f… Show more
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