Services on Demand
Journal
Article
Indicators
- Cited by SciELO
Related links
- Similars in SciELO
Share
Revista Peruana de Medicina Experimental y Salud Publica
Print version ISSN 1726-4634
Abstract
CASANA-JARA, Kelly M. Characteristics of women’s death by violence according to necropsies carried out in the Callao morgue. Rev. perú. med. exp. salud publica [online]. 2020, vol.37, n.2, pp.297-301. ISSN 1726-4634. http://dx.doi.org/10.17843/rpmesp.2020.372.5111.
The objective was to describe the characteristics of women’s deaths by violence according to autopsies performed at the Callao morgue from 2016 to 2018. The forensic records of 83 women were reviewed and it was found that women’s deaths by violence occurred most often in adulthood. Traffic accidents were found to be the most common cause. The most frequent location of the fatal injury was in the head segment. Most of the corpse removal took place on the public road. The district with the most cases was Callao. It is important that the authorities commit to creating, installing and following an action plan to prevent women’s deaths by violence in Callao.
Keywords : Autopsy; Cause of Death; Violence; Violence against Women; Cadaver; Traffic accident; Craniocerebral Trauma; Multiple Trauma; Homicide.