Ecological study of factors associated with homicide rate variability in El Salvador, 2016

Abstract

Workplace Project Portfolio. Ecological study of factors associated with homicide rate variability in El Salvador, 2016. Location and dates: Homicide victims in El Salvador throughout 2016. Context: The preface provides a brief summary of the general context for this project; it is included again here to provide an adequate overview of the study. Latin America in general, and Central America in particular, are renowned for their epidemic levels of homicide rates. Inter-national as well as intra-national variability in violent crimes may provide questions and answers aimed at pinpointing key elements involved in these dynamics. It was hoped that an ecological study of municipalitylevel homicide data could provide insights to contributing factors, as well as guidance and evidence to inform possible interventions. A group of often-reported socio-economic factors were included as potential factors associated with the outcome.