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J Epidemiol Community Health 57:355-360 doi:10.1136/jech.57.5.355
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Cross sectional survey of perpetrators, victims, and witnesses of violence in Bogotá, Colombia

Table 6

Proportion of victims injured, utilising health services (in the total population and among those injured) or reporting incident to authorities among persons 15 to 60 in Bogotá, Colombia, 1997

Was a victim of % injured % of victims who consulted % of injured who consulted % reported to authorities
Armed robbery 18.7 11.4 61.3 4.9
Assault with knife 90.2 67.0 74.4 28.6
Assault with firearm 38.9 30.3 78.9 31.5
Attempted rape 26.0 16.7 74.2 15.8
Rape 65.7 36.6 55.6 30.8

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