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. 2025 Aug 4:34:e20240475.
doi: 10.1590/S2237-96222025v34e20240475.en. eCollection 2025.

Temporal trend and epidemiological profile of notifications of violence against women in Brazil: 2014-2023

[Article in English, Portuguese]
Geovanna Carvalho Cardoso Lima  1 , Camila Mendes Dos Passos  2 , Alba Lúcia Santos Pinheiro  3 , Ícaro José Santos Ribeiro  4 , Emanuella Gomes Maia  3
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Temporal trend and epidemiological profile of notifications of violence against women in Brazil: 2014-2023

[Article in English, Portuguese]
Geovanna Carvalho Cardoso Lima et al. Epidemiol Serv Saude. .

Abstract
in English, Spanish

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.

Objetivo: Analizar la tendencia temporal y el perfil epidemiológico de las denuncias de violencia contra la mujer en Brasil entre 2014 y 2023.

Métodos: Se trata de una serie temporal, realizada a partir del Sistema de Información de Lesiones Denunciables de Violencia Interpersonal y Autoinfligida. Se utilizaron estadísticas descriptivas y regresión de Prais-Winsten para analizar los datos.

Resultados: Las denuncias de violencia contra la mujer mostraron una tendencia creciente entre 2014 y 2023, especialmente después de 2020 (de 9,8 a 19,2 casos por cada 100.000 mujeres por año). Proporcionalmente, las lesiones autoinfligidas predominaron sobre la agresión interpersonal. La mayoría de las notificaciones se referían a mujeres adultas (54%), de 4º a 8º grado de primaria incompleta (17,4%) y de raza/color de piel pardo (43%). La fuerza física/golpes prevaleció como medio de agresión (31,9%), realizada por el cónyuge (17,3%) y en el ámbito doméstico (73,4%).

Conclusión: La violencia contra la mujer ha aumentado en la última década, intensificándose este incremento en los últimos años. Las mujeres en situación de vulnerabilidad social fueron las más afectadas, especialmente en casos de violencia sexual y abandono/negligencia.

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