Speakers:
- Enrique Acosta: ResearchGate

- Robert Bourbeau, Département de démographie, Université de Montréal

- Rafael Silva-Ramírez: ResearchGate

- Catalina Torres: ResearchGate

Abstract: »This article analyses the distinctive characteristics of external causes of death during different historical phases of violence in Colombia within the period 1979-2016. For this purpose, for each phase death-rates and years of life lost were analyzed by cause of death and sex, using micro-level Colombian’s mortality records and period-life tables from the Latino American Mortality Database (LAMBdA).
Results suggest that the context of each historical phase of violence had important implications on external mortality, but only for some causes: whereas accidental mortality did not seem to be related to the sociohistorical context, mortality by aggressions and suicides differed considerably. The different forms of violence exerted during each historical phase seemed to have different implications on the age structure and sex composition of homicide and suicide mortality.
To conclude, this analysis underscore the need of further research analyzing the different mechanisms linking contexts of extreme violence and suicide. Moreover, this study highlights the important implications of considering the sociohistorical context in the analysis of mortality from external causes. It provides significant information for the adjustment of the registered causes of death, as well as for the interpretation of the results, offering some insights about the mechanisms behind the observed changes in mortality.« (Source: Asociación Latinoamericana de Población)

Wikipedia: History of the Americas: History of Colombia