Geovanna Carvalho Cardoso Lima, Camila Mendes Dos Passos, Alba Lúcia Santos Pinheiro, Ícaro José Santos Ribeiro, Emanuella Gomes Maia
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Abstract
Objective: To analyze the temporal trend and epidemiological profile of notifications of violence against women in Brazil between 2014 and 2023.
Methods: This is a time series, conducted using the National System of Injuries and Notifications (SINAN) for interpersonal and self-inflicted violence. Descriptive statistics and Prais-Winsten regression were used to analyze the data.
Results: Notifications of violence against women showed an increasing trend between 2014 and 2023, especially after 2020 (from 9.8 to 19.2 cases per 100,000 women per year). Proportionally, self-inflicted injuries stood out over interpersonal aggression. The majority of notifications referred to adult women (54.0%), with incomplete elementary school from the 4th to the 8th grade (17.4%) and of brown race/skin color (43.0%). Bodily force/beating prevailed as a means of aggression (31.9%), carried out by the spouse (17.3%) and in the home environment (73.4%).
Conclusion: Violence against women has increased in the last decade, with such increase intensifying in recent years. Socially vulnerable women were most affected, especially in cases of sexual violence and neglect/abandonment.