7 in 8 homicide victims in South Africa are male

Peer-Reviewed Publication

PLOS

7 in 8 homicide victims in South Africa are male, with homicide rates peaking on weekends and holidays, and firearms and sharp items being the most common murder weapons, in analysis of almost 20,000 2017 post-mortems.

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JOURNAL

PLOS Global Public Health

DOI

10.1371/journal.pgph.0002595 

ARTICLE TITLE

South Africa’s male homicide epidemic hiding in plain sight: Exploring sex differences and patterns in homicide risk in a retrospective descriptive study of postmortem investigations

ARTICLE PUBLICATION DATE

22-Nov-2023

COI STATEMENT

Competing Interests: I have read the journal’s policy and the authors of this manuscript have the following competing interests: BB serves on the board of non-governmental organisation, Gun Free South Africa, but receives no remuneration for this role. The authors declare that the research was conducted in the absence of any commercial or financial relationships that could be construed as a potential conflict of interest.