Analysis of the tendency of the homicide rates in Mexico from 2000 to 2010
Given the significant increase in homicidal violence in Mexico in recent years, the purpose was to analyze the levels, trends and the impact of homicide mortality between 2000 and 2010 at national and state level. Mortality statistics for homicide were used calculating standardized mortality rates and years of life lost (YLL) from 15 to 49 years. Between 2000 and 2007 there was a decline in the mortality rates at the national level (10.8 to 8.2 homicides respectively) and AVP (23.95%). But between 2008 and 2010 homicide mortality increased significantly, as reflected in rates (180.23%) and AVP (causing a decrease in temporary life expectancy of 0.17 years). Homicide mortality significantly increased after a steady decline since 2000. This does not imply that violence is a widespread problem across the country, as the study shows that it was concentrated in some states.
Public Policies of Infamy: Four Cases in Health - Mexico
This article invites to a transdisciplinary refl ection, in which the policies should be part of the social 
benefi t in this health case, here are presented four elements of analysis, maternal mortality, homicide, 
chronic noncommunicable diseases and ecocide.
Homicide: epidemiologic analysis at the national level.
HOMICIDE and assaultive violence are public health problems, a fact with three clear implications. First, public health professionals should address these problems. In the past, interpersonal violence in the United States has been considered the concern of the criminal justice system alone, and control strategies have relied almost exclusively on the capabilities and resources of law enforcement and judicial and penal institutions. These strategies focus on deterrence through punishment and imprisonment, but have not reduced homicide rates or rates of nonfatal assaults. In fact, the past 30 years have witnessed dramatic increases in homicide rates in the United States: in 1980 the homicide rate reached its highest recorded level of the century.1 We believe that public health, with its focus on epidemiologic analysis and prevention, can make a substantial contribution to solving the problems of interpersonal violence. Second, the public health community should give high priority to this problem because it exacts such a high toll in illness, death and quality of life. As of 1980 homicide was the 11th leading cause of death in the United States and ranked as the fourth leading cause of premature mortality. For certain minority groups, the burden of homicide is particularly great. For an American, the lifetime chance of becoming a homicide victim is about one in 240 for whites and one in 47 for blacks and other minorities.2 Nonfatal assaults may be an even more important problem than homicide. The ratio of actual assaults to homicide is probably far greater than 100:1. Finally, defining homicide as a public health problem suggests that homi-