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mortalidade em município da Região Sul do Brasil
| Content Provider | Semantic Scholar |
|---|---|
| Author | Martins, Christine Baccarat De Godoy Andrade, Selma Maffei De |
| Copyright Year | 2008 |
| Abstract | Violence in childhood and youth: hospital attendances and mortality in a city of southern Brazil. The study analyzed the characteristics of violence among youngsters under the age 15 who lived in Londrina, State of Paraná, Brazil, who were attended in hospitals or died in 2001. The study was conducted by means of reviewing hospital records and mortality data. Among 67 cases, 79.1% were due to assaults (53 cases) and 20.9% (14 cases) due to intentional self-harm. The majority of assaults occurred among boys, in the 10-14 years of age group. Assaults by bodily force (54.7%) and by firearm discharge (15.1%) were the main types. All hospital admissions (7.5%) and one death (1.9%) occurred due to firearm discharge. Among cases of intentional self-harm, intake of medicaments prevailed (71.4%) and the majority were females aged 14. Hospital admissions corresponded to 35.7% of the intentional self-harm cases, but there was no death. The results may contribute to the planning of preventive actions in order to reduce these events. |
| File Format | PDF HTM / HTML |
| Alternate Webpage(s) | http://periodicos.uem.br/ojs/index.php/ActaSciHealthSci/article/download/1109/558 |
| Language | English |
| Access Restriction | Open |
| Content Type | Text |
| Resource Type | Article |