Mood median test: Femicide versus state.

This study analyzes whether femicide in Mexico has increased more severely than other life and bodily integrity crimes (e.g., homicide, culpable homicide, injuries, malicious injuries, abortion, and other crimes that threaten life). To achieve this, the Executive Secretariat of the National Public Security System database was cleaned and the number of femicides per 100,000 inhabitants was calculated, for the period from January 2016 to March 2022 in all states of Mexico. Through descriptive statistics, non-parametric analysis of means, and hypothesis tests, we demonstrate that the states with the highest number of femicides are the Estado de Mexico (State of Mexico), Ciudad de Mexico (Mexico City), and Veracruz; moreover, the number of femicides exhibits a growing trend while the total number of life and bodily integrity crimes does not. Finally, we forecast the number of femicides for the next five months. To our knowledge, there is no other article that analyzes the growth trend of femicide compared to other crimes. Visualizing and understanding that femicide is on the rise compared with other types of crimes can help the government and legislators generate policies that are consistent with the magnitude of the problem.

本研究旨在分析墨西哥的女性凶杀案（femicide）是否较其他侵害生命与身体完整权的犯罪（如凶杀罪、过失致人死亡罪、伤害罪、故意伤害罪、堕胎罪及其他威胁生命的犯罪）增幅更为显著。为达成该研究目标，本研究对国家公共安全系统执行秘书处的数据库进行了清洗，并计算了2016年1月至2022年3月期间墨西哥全国各州每10万常住人口的女性凶杀案发案数。通过描述性统计、非参数均值分析及假设检验，本研究证实，女性凶杀案发案数最多的三个州分别为墨西哥州（Estado de Mexico）、墨西哥城（Ciudad de Mexico）与韦拉克鲁斯州；此外，女性凶杀案发案数呈持续增长趋势，而侵害生命与身体完整权的犯罪总数则未呈现该态势。最后，本研究对未来五个月的女性凶杀案发案数进行了预测。据我们所知，目前尚无其他学术文章针对女性凶杀案相较于其他犯罪的增长趋势展开分析。明晰女性凶杀案相较于其他犯罪类型的上升态势，有助于政府与立法者制定贴合该问题严重程度的相关政策。