Distribuição temporal das notificações de violência doméstica nas capitais da Região Centro-Oeste brasileira

Abstract

Objetive: To describe the temporal distribution of domestic violence’s notifications in the capitals of the Brazilian Midwest region from 2011 to 2021. Methods: This is a quantitative and retrospective study made by using secondary data of an official data base that identifies the epidemiological profile of the domestic violence’s occurrence in the Brazilian Midwest region. The data were extracted from DataSUS database and transcripted to Microsoft Word and later Excel to build Excel tables. The data were analyzed by using descriptive statistics to interpret the results, which the incidence coefficient was calculated by taking the population’s new cases and multiplying by 10,000. Results: From 2011 to 2021, 5,323 cases of domestic violence were registered in the capitals of the Brazilian Midwest region, which the incidence including all capitals is 9/10,000. The most victimized women were the black ones with ages between 20-29 and incomplete Elementary School. Conclusions: Considering the collected data, it is concluded that black younger women with incomplete education are associated with higher victimization rates. As the collected data shows, it is evident the need to handle violence against women as a Public Health issue, hence the high hospitalization rates in Urgency and Emergency care.