Abstract

DAVILA-CERVANTES, Claudio Alberto  and  PARDO-MONTANO, Ana Melisa. Analysis of the Impact of the Homicide Mortality Rate According to the Unmet Basic Needs Index in Colombia 2000-2011. Rev. Gerenc. Polit. Salud [online]. 2015, vol.14, n.28, pp.63-77. ISSN 1657-7027.  https://doi.org/10.11144/Javeriana.rgyps18-28.aimh.

The objective was to analyze the mortality due to homicides in Colombia, during the years 2000 to 2011, stratifying each department according to the Unmet Basic Needs Index (INB). We used mortality statistics by calculating standard rates and years of life expectancy lost (AVP) between ages 15 and 49, under the assumption of null mortality. There was an increase in mortality during the period 2000-2002; from 2003 to 2011 there was an important decrease. The mortality rate dropped 48% (50% for men, 39% for women); the AVP dropped 16% (16% for men, 14% for women). Regarding the INB, the middle socio-economic status showed the highest mortality; the low socio-economic status showed the highest drop. Women in the middle socio-economic status had the highest AVP score; men from the high socio-economic status had the lowest AVP scores. We confirmed a reduction in the mortality rate due to homicides in Colombia. It is vital to provide supplies for the creation of policies aimed at the prevention of mortality due to homicides, by means of research that allow an integral vision of this phenomenon.

Keywords : mortality; violence; life expectancy; mortality rate; Colombia.

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