All-cause and cause-specific mortality during and following incarceration in Brazil: A retrospective cohort study
Liu YE, Lemos EF, Gonçalves CCM, de Oliveira RD, da Silva Santos A, do Prado Morais AO, Croda MG, de Lourdes Delgado Alves M, Croda J, Walter KS, Andrews JR. All-cause and cause-specific mortality during and following incarceration in Brazil: A retrospective cohort study. PLOS Medicine 2021, 18: e1003789. PMID: 34534214, PMCID: PMC8486113, DOI: 10.1371/journal.pmed.1003789.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsIncidence rate ratiosCause-specific mortalityCause of deathViolent deathEarly violent deathMortality rateCommunicable diseasesRecent incarcerationCause mortalityYouth detentionPrison administrationNon-incarcerated populationsPolice stationsPrison populationStandardized incidence rate ratiosIncarcerated womenRetrospective cohort studyIncarcerated menRisk of deathIncarcerationViolenceCause-specific mortality ratesInsufficient dataBrazilian statesCohort study