Mortalidade de jovens por violência no Brasil: desigualdade espacial e socioeconômica

Abstract

Objective: To analyze the distribution of violence-related deaths among young people in Brazil according to socioeconomic indicators. Methods: This is an ecological study that analyzed 482 Immediate Regions of Urban Articulation in Brazil (Regiões Imediatas de Articulação Urbana – RIAU). The dependent variable was the Standardized Mortality Ratio (SMR) for violence among young people (15-29 years old). We carried out a bivariate analysis to assess the spatial correlation between the outcome variable and the independent variables and the significance of the clusters. Pearson’s test was used to check for correlations between the variables. The number of deaths was obtained from the Mortality Information System (Sistema de Informação sobre Mortalidade – SIM) and the population data were retrieved from the Brazilian Institute of Geography and Statistics (Instituto Brasileiro de Geografia e Estatística – IBGE). Results: There was a weak spatial correlation between the contextual variables and SMR across the RIAU, with Moran values close to zero. Pearson’s test found a weak correlation (r<0.3). However, there were clusters of high mortality rates and worse socioeconomic conditions in the North region in the Northeastern Coastal region. Conclusion: There was an unequal distribution of violence-related mortality in Brazil despite the weak correlation to the selected socioeconomic variables