Violence in Colombia and Mexico: trend and impact on life expectancy of homicide mortality between 1998 and 2015

Colombia is considered one of the most violent countries in the world even though homicide mortality has decreased since 2002. Mexico's homicide rate has tripled since 2008, after a period of decreasing mortality; this fact has been compared with Colombia in the 1990s and defined as a ‘Colombianization’ of violence in Mexico. We analyzed and compared the trend and impact of homicide mortality in Colombia and Mexico between 1998 and 2015.
Source: Public Health - Category: International Medicine & Public Health Authors: Tags: Original Research Source Type: research