Temporal trend and epidemiological profile of notifications of violence against women in Brazil: 2014-2023
Year: 2025
Type: article
Study design: Observational Study
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.
Authors: Geovanna Carvalho Cardoso Lima, Camila Mendes dos Passos, Alba Lúcia Santos Pinheiro, Ícaro José Santos Ribeiro, Emanuella Gomes Maia
Language: English
Subfield: Health
Field: Social Sciences
Domain: Social Sciences
Open Access status: diamond
OpenAlex ID: W4412938913