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Objective: to analyze the time trend and the spatial distribution of the cases of lethal violence against women in Brazil, according to age group and to race/skin color., Method: an ecological study of time series, with spatial distribution of the deaths of women victims of aggression, registered in the Mortality Information System, resident in Brazil, Brazilian geographic regions and states. Due to underreporting of deaths in some states, correction factors of the mortality rates were employed. For the trend analysis, we adopted the polynomial regression model. In addition to that, the mean rates and annual upward/downward trends were distributed considering the Brazilian federative units as analysis units., Results: the mean rate was 6.24 cases of lethal violence per 100,000 women, with a significant variation across the Brazilian regions and states. The main victims of violent death in Brazil are young, black-/brown-skinned and indigenous women, with a growing trend in these population segments. The North and Northeast regions stood out with the most significant mean annual increases (0.33; r2= 0.96 and 0.26; r2= 0.92, respectively)., Conclusion: there was a stable trend regarding lethal violence against women, with significant regional differences. Young, black-/brown-skinned and indigenous women are more vulnerable to violent death in Brazil.

• The Northwest, Central-Western, West and South-Central regions of Paraná stood out with the highest rates of lethal violence against woman. • Most cities with the highest Relative Risks (RR) for the occurrence of lethal violence against women were concentrated in Northwest, West, South Central and Metropolita of Paraná. • There was a positive association between lethal violence against women and the percentage of mothers who were heads of households, without having completed elementary school and with at least one child under 15 years. • Male homicide rates, rates of non-lethal violence against women and the presence of woman mayors and councilors in the cities were also associated. estimate the risk for the occurrence of lethal violence against women and to identify the associated factors in the state of Paraná. ecological study of deaths of women aged between 15 and 59 years, victims of aggression. The units of analysis were the cities of Paraná. Latent Bayesian Gaussian models with negative binomial probability distribution were used. The modeling considered intercept, spatial random effects and covariates, performed with the deterministic Integrated Nested Laplace Approximations approach. There was a positive association between lethal violence against women and the percentage of mothers who were heads of households. Finally, male homicide rates, rates of non-lethal violence against women and the cities with women mayors and councilors were also associated. This type of violence was associated with low education, structural violence and the participation of women in politics. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]