Mandatory reports of violence cases in São Paulo state, 2006 a 2009

Abstract

 Objectives: describing the characteristics of the process implanting the notification of violence cases in the State of São Paulo and the notifications registered in the VIVA System in 2009. Data from 2006 to 2008 were obtained in a databank in EPI-info and, from 2009 forward, from SinanNET. Analysis comprised 14.021 notifications obtained from 28 Regional Epidemiologic Surveillance – GVE – branches, 308 cities and 623 notifying unities. Between 2006 to 2009, the increase in notifications was of 380% and the number of notifying services registered a raise of 500%. The map designed by the Reference Services for Attention to Victims of Violence Network identified 152 services in the State, not including the Capital. Data from 2009 show that females were predominant (9.727 cases, 69,4% of the total); younger ages concentrated the higher number of cases, with children under 10 years of age occupying the first place among reports of cases occurring in males (2.625 cases, 26,6% of the total), while among females the brackets comprising ages between 10 to 19 years (3.238 cases, 23,4% of the total) and 20 to 29 years (3.012 cases, 23,4% of the total). Isolate physical violence was predominant (45,4%), followed by concomitant physical and psychological violence (13,2%). Cases of sexual violence represented 10,4%. The place in which most of the cases occurred was the household (58,9% of the total), followed by the streets (14,5%). Most frequent aggressors were intimate partners (27,3%), followed by the parents (19,5%) and friends/acquaintances (13,6%). Implantation of the VIVA system was successful in the State, complying to the legal determinations of notifying violence occurrences against children, adolescents, women and the elderly. Prevention strategies must emphasize actions designed for families and community groups.