Banca de DEFESA: FERNANDA SILVA DE OLIVEIRA

Uma banca de DEFESA de MESTRADO foi cadastrada pelo programa.
STUDENT : FERNANDA SILVA DE OLIVEIRA
DATE: 24/09/2025
TIME: 13:00
LOCAL: Google Meet
TITLE:

Race, vulnerability, and mortality: death profiles of black people in the Rio de Janeiro metropolitan area.

 

KEY WORDS:

racial inequalities, mortality, cluster analysis.

PAGES: 51
BIG AREA: Outra
AREA: Multidisciplinar
SUMMARY:

OLIVEIRA, Fernanda Silva de. Race, vulnerability, and mortality: death profiles of black
people in the Rio de Janeiro metropolitan area. 2025. 51p. Dissertation (Master in Digital
Humanities) Instituto Multidisciplinar, Universidade Federal Rural do Rio de Janeiro, Nova
Iguaçu, RJ, 2025.
This study investigates racial disparities in mortality, focusing on the deaths of Black and
Mixed individuals in the Rio de Janeiro Metropolitan Region, specifically analyzing cases of
maternal death, breast cancer, and death by external causes. The primary objective was to
identify mortality patterns and profiles associated with factors such as race/color, educational
attainment, age group, and marital status, employing a cluster analysis methodology with the
K-Modes algorithm to group the data and explore existing disparities. Secondary mortality
data from the Mortality Information System (Sistema de Informação sobre Mortalidade -
SIM) for the period from 2015 to 2022 were utilized. The results revealed the formation of
distinct profiles, highlighting the vulnerability of Black and Mixed women with lower
educational attainment to maternal and breast cancer mortality, as well as the exposure of
young Black and Mixed individuals to lethal violence, thereby reinforcing the influence of
socioeconomic and racial factors on mortality patterns. It is concluded that racial inequality is
a significant determinant of mortality, necessitating targeted public policies and further studies
to understand and mitigate these disparities.

 

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