Epidemiological Profile of Violence against the Elderly in the State of Minas Gerais, Brazil

Epidemiology Violence Elderly Brazil Minas Gerais.

Authors

  • Gabriela Fernandes de Oliveira Department of Collective Health, Faculty of Medicine, Federal University of Uberlândia, Uberlândia, Minas Gerais,, Brazil
  • Breno Resende Rodrigues da Cunha Department of Collective Health, Faculty of Medicine, Federal University of Uberlândia, Uberlândia, Minas Gerais,, Brazil
  • Anderson de Cintra Souza Department of Collective Health, Faculty of Medicine, Federal University of Uberlândia, Uberlândia, Minas Gerais,, Brazil
  • Mariana Giorgiani Department of Collective Health, Faculty of Medicine, Federal University of Uberlândia, Uberlândia, Minas Gerais,, Brazil
  • Juliana Rizza Ribeiro Batista Department of Collective Health, Faculty of Medicine, Federal University of Uberlândia, Uberlândia, Minas Gerais,, Brazil
  • Paula Monikee Rezende Alves Department of Collective Health, Faculty of Medicine, Federal University of Uberlândia, Uberlândia, Minas Gerais,, Brazil
  • Maria Tereza Néri Rosa Department of Collective Health, Faculty of Medicine, Federal University of Uberlândia, Uberlândia, Minas Gerais,, Brazil
  • Stefan Vilges de Oliveira
    stefanbio@yahoo.com.br
    Department of Collective Health, Faculty of Medicine, Federal University of Uberlândia, Uberlândia, Brazil
Vol. 1 No. 2 (2019): June
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Purpose: The main objective of the present study is to evaluate the violence against the elderly population of the Minas Gerais state, between 2007 and 2017, in order to draw an epidemiologic profile of these events through the gathering of secondary data registered by the Information System for Notifiable Diseases (SINAN). Methods: We analyzed data from the public health system between 2007 and 2017, in order to draw an epidemiologic profile of these events through the gathering of secondary data registered by the Information System for Notifiable Diseases (SINAN). The acts of violence committed were classified according to the injured body part, the number of people involved, the sex of the victim, suspect of alcohol abuse by the aggressor, the race, the marital status, the location, the aggressor’s gender, the relationship with the victim and the evolution to death. Results: By analyzing this data, it was possible to notice 15086 notifications of violence against the elderly in 814 cities of the Minas Gerais state, and 122 of those cities had cases that resulted in deaths.  Conclusion: Hence, it was possible to conclude that several aspects exist in this kind of violence, such as the victim’s gender, the type of violence, the number of aggressors, relationship, and others still. Thereby, this study highlights the need of more research on this topic, in order to offer better combat against this type of violent actions, since the increase of the elderly population is due to Brazil’s demographic transition that has been occurring in the last years.