ARTIGO PANORAMA DA VIOLENCIA

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The panorama of urban violence in Brazil and its Capitals

Edinilsa Ramos de Souza 1
Maria Luiza Carvalho de Lima 2

1 Centro LatinoAmericano de Estudos de
Violência e Saúde Jorge
Careli, Departamento de
Epidemiologia e Métodos
Quantitativos em Saúde,
ENSP, Fiocruz. Av. Brasil
4036, sala 700,
Manguinhos, 21040-361
Rio de Janeiro RJ. [e-mail] 2Departamento de
Medicina Social, Centro de
Ciências da Saúde, UFPE.

Abstract This article presents a descriptive epidemi-

Resumo Neste artigo, faz-se uma análise epidemi-

ological analysis of accidents and violence in Brazil and in the Brazilian capitals in recent years. The data used were made available by several sources: the
Mortality Information System and the Hospital
Information System of the Ministry of Health; the
National Safety Department of the Ministry of Justice and the National Department of Transit of the
Ministry of the Cities. The population data for the years 2002 and 2003 were made available by the
DATASUS of the Ministry of Health. The authors emphasize some already known aspects: the high homicide rates and high death rates due to traffic accidents, the concentration of these events in the population of young black males and the complexity and multiplicity of determinants of these phenomena. The text points to a new scenery involving the spreading of homicides to neighbor communities of metropolitan areas and to the inner regions of the States. They further verify higher morbidity than mortality rates. It calls attention to Porto Velho, Macapá, Vitória, Rio de
Janeiro and Cuiabá with the highest indicators for intentional violence – high rates of homicides and injuries – and to Palmas, with high death rates from traffic accidents and non-fatal victims per 10 thousand vehicles.
Key words External causes, Homicides, Traffic accidents, Violence and Health

ológica descritiva da morbidade e da mortalidade por acidentes e violência no Brasil e suas capitais, em anos mais recentes para