ABUSO NA INFÂNCIA E ADOLESCÊNCIA NO BRASIL NOS ÚLTIMOS 10 ANOS CHILD ABUSE AND ADOLESCENCE IN BRAZIL IN THE PAST 10 YEARS

Abstract

Objective To present Brazilian epidemiological data on Abuse in childhood and adolescence in the last 10 years. Methods Data collection through compulsory notications, available on the Ministry of Health website, evaluated between January 2011 and December 2021, the types of violence applied, victim's age group, ethnicity, sex, perpetrators of abuse, place of occurrence, recurrence and case outcome. Results A total of 1,689,887 cases of abuse were reported in Brazil, 42.85% of which occurred in children and adolescents. 61.7% of victims are female. Most are between 15 and 19 years old. 60.4% of the cases occurred in the child's own home. 45.5% corresponded to physical violence. In 30% of the cases the mother was the perpetrator of the violence. Mortality was 0.21%. Conclusion In Brazil, more than 1 million cases of abuse were reported in the last 10 years, almost half occurred in children and adolescents, it was possible to draw a Brazilian epidemiological prole and demonstrate the importance of the orthopedist in recognizing the prole of patients, the importance of lling correct notication of the disease and availability of data in the information system of the Ministry of Health.