%0 Journal Article
%T Muertes violentas intencionalmente producidas en Bogot¨¢, 1997-2005: diferencias seg¨²n el sexo
%A S¨¢nchez Pedraza
%A Ricardo
%A Tejada Neira
%A Paola Andrea
%A Guzm¨¢n Sabogal
%A Yahira
%J Revista Colombiana de Psiquiatr¨ªa
%D 2008
%I Asociacion Colombiana de Psiquiatria
%X introduction: intentional deaths are still a frequent cause of mortality worldwide. several studies have reported differences in violent deaths between men and women. methods: an ecological study using the box-jenkins methodology time series analysis was implemented to evaluate the trends of this kind of deaths in a period of 8 years and compare the tendencies between genders. results: the results suggest that violent deaths are more frequent in men and homicides show a seasonal pattern. there is a decreasing tendency in the frequency of homicides except for women£¿s suicide group, where it has been stable. conclusion: this behavior could generate, in the long term, the loss of frequency differences among men and women.
%K gender identity
%K suicide
%K homicide
%K death
%K crime victims
%K violence.
%U http://www.scielo.org.co/scielo.php?script=sci_abstract&pid=S0034-74502008000300003&lng=en&nrm=iso&tlng=en