[Homicide clusters and drug traffic in Belo Horizonte, Minas Gerais State, Brazil from 1995 to 1999]

C C Beato Filho; R M Assunção; B F Silva; F C Marinho; I A Reis; M C Almeida

[Homicide clusters and drug traffic in Belo Horizonte, Minas Gerais State, Brazil from 1995 to 1999]

Cad Saude Publica. 2001 Sep-Oct;17(5):1163-71.

[Article in Portuguese]

Authors

C C Beato Filho¹, R M Assunção, B F Silva, F C Marinho, I A Reis, M C Almeida

Affiliation

¹ Departamento de Sociologia, Faculdade de Filosofia e Ciências Humanas, Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais, Belo Horizonte, MG, 31270-901, Brasil.

PMID: 11679891

Abstract

The article presents a spatial analysis of homicides in Belo Horizonte according to the Minas Gerais Military Police records from 1995 to 1999. The authors identify clusters of high mortality risk and relate them to areas with drug traffic and associated violence. SaTScan software is used to locate the clusters.

Publication types

English Abstract

MeSH terms

Bayes Theorem
Brazil / epidemiology
Cluster Analysis
Homicide / statistics & numerical data*
Humans
Poverty Areas
Risk Factors
Socioeconomic Factors
Substance-Related Disorders
Violence / statistics & numerical data*