Epidemiological characterization of sexual and physical violence in children aged 0-14 years in Brazil, from 2010 to 2018

Abstract

Introduction: Child violence is a public health problem of great importance, as a consequence of the great commitment that it brings to children’s health. Objective: Characterize, from 2010 to 2018, cases of 0-14 years children’s sexual and physical violence, according to sex, age, region, authors life cycle, race, place of occurrence, and case evolution, in Brazil. Methods: This is a quantitative study collected from the Information System of Notifiable Diseases in DATASUS, in a periodof 9 years, in which the type of violence was discussed and analyzed, comparing with the variables sex, age, region, authors life cycle, race, place of occurrence and case evolution.Results: In the period from
2010 to 2018 were reported 399,391 cases of violence against children from 0-14 years, being that the most affected age group was 10-14 years with 40,4%. From the total violence, 35,6% corresponded to physical violence, being that in the female sex, there was a pre
valence of 55,3%, and the most affected age group was 10-14 years with 51,4%. In relation to sexual violence, there was a prevalence of 32,4%, being that in the female sex it occurred in 82,5% of the cases. Of these, the most affected age group was 10-14 years with 48,8%.
Conclusions: Of the cases of child violence, the most prevalent region is the Southeast, being that the most prevalent age group is from 10 to 14 years, while the most prevalent sex is the female one.