Analysis of homicide statistics in Colombia. - Juan Carlos Gómez Méndez - Bog

Colombia is the country with the second highest homicide rate in Latin America, due among others to the internal armed conflict that has existed for decades and the homicide rate has not decreased since 2014, it is also the third highest rate worldwide. This research seeks to know through statistics the behavior of homicides for men, women and minors in the last five years. Homicides will be analyzed by the type of instruments, such as knife, firearm, explosives and blunt weapons, in the departments of Antioquia, Atlántico, Bolívar, Córdoba, Cundinamarca and Valle del Cauca, the data were analyzed by means of a shapiro Wilk test, ANOVA. Confidence limits were found for homicides projected for the year 2023 and will be between 10,552 and 13,540 homicides by December 31, 2023.