Violent deaths and early inflection on sex ratio: Argentina and Brazil (2001-2011)

Abstract

This article highlights the establishment of epidemiological patterns with significant excess of juvenile-male mortality and their influences on population dynamics, through an analytical-descriptive study that comparing the levels and composition of the violent death on two Latin American countries: Argentina and Brazil (2001-2011). In Argentina, despite the mortality from violent causes not reach the high levels seen in Brazil, is also observed the importance acquired in premature loss of lives, in the fall in life expectancy and in the early inflection of sex ratio, observed from adult ages. In the moment that a significant volume of young people have their lives cut, we can see the systematic loss of an immense potential, emphasizing the importance of assessing the demographic dynamics in their interfaces with the living conditions of the various segments that make up the population, as a fundamental step to the formulation of public policies.