Risk factors for homicide victimization in post-genocide Rwanda: a population -based case- control study

BMC Public Health

Table 1 Description of characteristics of 156 homicide victims by gender status

Variables	Women	%	Men	%	Total	%
	(n = 67)		(n = 89)		(N = 156)
Age group
18–24	13	19.4	13	14.6	26	16.6
25–40	26	38.8	49	55.1	75	48.1
41–60	18	26.9	21	23.6	39	25
61–75	10	14.9	6	6.7	16	10.3
Province of residence
Kigali	12	17.9	8	9	20	12.8
Southern	20	29.8	28	31.5	48	30.8
Eastern	12	17.9	24	26.9	36	23.1
Northern	5	7.5	7	7.9	12	7.7
Western	18	26.9	22	24.7	40	25.6
Area of residence
Town/cities	8	11.9	15	16.8	23	14.7
Rural	59	88.1	74	83.2	133	85.3
Site of homicide
Victim’s home	48	71.6	33	37.1	81	51.9
Neighborhood	15	22.4	38	42.7	53	34
Removed area	4	6	18	20.2	22	14.1
Time of homicide
Morning/day hours	21	31.3	20	22.5	41	26.3
Evening	24	35.8	30	33.7	54	34.6
Night	22	32.8	37	41.6	59	37.8
Unknown	-	-	2	2.2	2	1.3
Relation of perpetrator to victim
Acquaintance	9	13.4	44	49.5	53	34
Intimate partner	31	46.3	12	13.5	43	27.6
Family member	20	29.8	22	24.7	42	26.9
Stranger	1	1.5	1	1.1	2	1.2
Unidentified	6	9	10	11.2	16	10.2
Postmortem examination
Was performed	60	89.5	85	95.5	145	93
Was not performed	5	10.5	6	4.5	11	7.1
Method of homicide
Knife or sharp instrument	32	47.7	32	36	64	41
Blunt force	17	25.4	40	45	57	36.5
Strangulation	11	16.4	6	6.7	17	10.9
Poison	1	1.5	-		1	0.6
Handgun	1	1.5	2	2.2	3	1.9
Other	5	7.5	9	10.1	14	9

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