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Statistics on Homicides, Suicides,
Accidents, Injuries, & Attitudes towards Violence

ACTIVA graph

Salvador,
Brazil

(n=633) 		Cali,
Colombia

(n=1061) 		Caracas,
Venezuela

(n=506) 		Madrid,
Spain

(n=506) 		Rio de Janeiro,
Brazil

(n=484) 		San José,
Costa Rica

(n=479) 		San Salvador,
El Salvador

(n=576) 		Santiago,
Chile

(n=567) 		Houston,
Texas

(n=516)
Those who think children on the street should be incarcerated 28.2 17.5 15.6 -- 33.7 17.2 17.7 10.0 --
Those who believe they can take justice into their own hands 37.7 27.8 38.5 16.2 19.8 41.5 21.9 23.6 30.0
Those who believe corporal punishment is necesary for their children 28.4 31.8 7.3 8.1 7.6 16.3 15.3 6.0 39.6

Source: Fournier et al. (1999) Estudio Multicéntrico sobre Actitudes y Normas Culturales frente a la Violencia (Proyecto ACTIVA): Metodología. Revista Panamericana de Salud Pública / Pan American Journal of Public Health 5 (4/5-abr-mayo): 350.
Technical Note: Houston did not complete the project.

Graph on Homicides in North America

Sources: United States: CDC WISQIARS (http://www.cdc.gov )
  Canada: Statistics Canada (http://www.statcan.ca/)
  Mexico: 1990-1994: TIS
1995-1999: Instituto Nacional de Estadística, Geografía e Informática,
Dirección General de Estadístca e Informática (http://www.inegi.gob.mx)

Graph on Homicides in Northern South America

Sources: Colombia: 1992-1995: TIS
1996-2000: Instituto Nacional de Medicina Legal y Ciencias Forenses
  Ecuador: Instituto Nacional de Estadísticas y Censos (INEC) ( http://www.inec.gov.ec )
  Venezuela: 1990-1995: TIS PAHO
1997-2000: Estadística Delictiva, Ministerio de Justicia, División de Estadística CTPJ, own calculations.

Graph on Homicides in Southern South America

Sources: Argentina: 1990-1995: PAHO TIS
  Brazil: Minister of Justice, National Secretary of Public Security
  Chile: 1990-1994: TIS
1997: Department of Epidemiology, Ministry of Health

Graph on Urban Homicides

Sources: Tegucigalpa, Honduras: Policía Nacional de Honduras
  San Pedro Sula, Honduras: Policía Nacional de Honduras
  San Salvador, El Salvador: Fiscalía General de la Republica
  Santafé de Bogotá, Colombia: Medicina Legal (1990 estimated)
  Cali, Colombia: 1990-1997: Medicina Legal
1998-1999: Desepaz Alcaldía de Cali
  District of Columbia, USA: WISQRS (Web-Based Injury Statistics Query and Reporting System) CDC (http://www.cdc.gov)
  Caracas, Venezuela: Estadística Delictiva, Ministerio de Justicia, División de Estadística del CTPJ; cálculos propios.
Technical Note: Calculated moving averages

Graph on Suicides

Sources:

Cali, Colombia:

1990-1997: Medicina Legal
1998-1999: Desepaz Alcaldía de Cali

 

District of Columbia, USA:

WISQRS (Web-Based Injury Statistics Query and Reporting System) CDC ( http://www.cdc.gov )

Technical Note:

Calculated moving averages


Graph on Motor-Vehicle Accidents

Sources: Tegucigalpa, Honduras: Policía Nacional de Honduras
  San Pedro Sula, Honduras: Policía Nacional de Honduras
  Cali, Colombia: Medicina Legal; Desepaz Alcaldía de Cali 1998-1999
  District of Columbia, USA: WISQRS (Web-Based Injury Statistics Query and Reporting System) CDC (http://www.cdc.gov)
Technical Note: Calculated moving averages

Problem Level Related to
Motor-Vehicle Accidents (MVAs) in the Americas, 2000
(based on reported death rates)
Level:
Rate x 10-5
(range) 		Countries
Very high
(20.0-57.5) 		Bahamas, Belize, Bolivia, El Salvador, Guatemala,
Turks and Caicos Islands
High
(15.0-19.9) 		Antigua and Barbuda, Aruba, Bermuda, Brazil,
Colombia, Cuba, Dominican Republic, Panama,
Puerto Rico, Saint Lucia, San Kitts & Nevis,
United States, Venezuela
Medium
(10.0-14.9) 		Argentina, Chile, Costa Rica, Dominica, Ecuador,
Cayman Islands, Jamaica, Martinique, Mexico,
Suriname, Trinidad & Tobago, Uruguay
Low
(5.0-9.9) 		Netherlands Antilles, Barbados, Canada,
Virgin Islands (US), Montserrat, Nicaragua,
Paraguay, Peru
Very low, possibly under-reported
(< 5.0) 		Grenada, Guyana, Haiti, Honduras,
Virgin Islands (RU), Saint Vincent & Grenadines

Source: Classification based on data from PAHO/SHA, Basic Health Indicators, 2000.


Graph on Death by External Causes

Source: TIS data

Endemic Violence: Deaths by Homicide for Young People Ages 15-24 in Selected Countries Worldwide
(per 1000 inhabitants)

(in Portuguese*)

graph on endemic violence

Source: http://www.estado.estadao.com.br/editorias/2002/03/22/cid045.html
Data originally from *Ministry of Health, Brazil, appearing on the above Brazilian news website Estado de São Paulo.
Note: Other Latin American countries not selected for the sample--Colombia, El Salvador, Honduras, Guatemala, for example--have higher homicide rates for youth in this age group.


Global Percentage of Deaths due to Injury (1999)

Powerpoint slide show, one slide, 41 KB.
Source: World Health Organization, Department of Violence and Injury Prevention (WHO/VIP).

En español:
Porcentaje mundial de muertes por lesiones (1999)

Presentación en MS Powerpoint, una diapositiva, 46 KB.
Fuente: Organización Mundial de la Salud (OMS), Departamento de Prevención de Violencia y Lesiones (VIP).