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Table 1 Characteristics of victims and incidents of violence against women ages 15–49 in the Brazilian health care system.

From: Do health sector measures of violence against women at different levels of severity correlate? Evidence from Brazil

Level of severity

Source

2011–2016, correlation sample of 63 large municipalities

2016, all incidents in Brazil

Clinic rpts

Hospital rpts

Overnight hosp.

Homicides

Clinic rpts

Hospital rpts

Overnight hosp.

Homicides

SINAN

SINAN

CIHA

SIM

SINAN

SINAN

CIHA

SIM

Mean age (between 15 and 49)

29.4

27.9

30.6

31.1

29.3

28.6

30.4

31.6

Standard deviation

9.0

9.1

9.4

9.8

9.3

9.2

9.3

9.8

Race available (%)

84.1

80.9

49.2

98.3

92.5

85.4

63.4

96.9

 White

49.8

40.2

34.3

38.9

45.3

41.6

31.7

37.2

 Non-white

50.2

59.8

65.7

61.1

54.7

58.4

68.3

62.8

Education available (%)*

70.3

50.9

N/A

92.6

73.0

56.4

N/A

92.9

 Illiterate

5.6

5.7

 

1.5

8.2

6.3

 

0

 Lower primary

24.1

25.9

 

1.8

26.4

26.1

 

3.4

 Upper primary

29.5

29.5

 

11.5

29.8

30.2

 

12.9

 Secondary

34.0

32.8

 

32.1

29.5

31.6

 

31.5

 Tertiary

5.6

4.7

 

30.7

4.0

4.6

 

29

Time of day available (%)

59.4

59.1

N/A

65.3

69.1

64.0

N/A

76.5

 Morning

19.6

16.6

 

25.1

17.7

15.4

 

26.7

 Afternoon

25.2

22.0

 

23.7

25.4

22.6

 

24.9

 Night

55.2

61.4

 

51.2

57.0

62.1

 

48.4

Location information available (%)**

92.0

79.0

N/A

59.9

95.6

82.5

N/A

67.1

 Occurred at home

73.0

57.2

 

41.6

72.4

61.1

 

47.0

 Occurred elsewhere

27.0

42.8

 

58.1

27.6

38.9

 

52.1

Multiple incident info (%)

79.1

66.7

N/A

N/A

87.1

71.7

N/A

N/A

 Mutiple incidents

63.6

42.9

  

56.0

41.1

  

 Single incident

36.4

57.1

  

44.0

58.9

  

Source of injury known (%)

93.0

89.6

N/A

N/A

93.0

91.3

N/A

N/A

 No weapon

83.1

73.7

  

83.1

77.0

  

 Weapon

16.9

26.3

  

16.9

23.0

  

Perpetrator relationship identified (%)

94.1

83.7

N/A

N/A

96.3

86.2

N/A

N/A

 Partner

44.5

28.5

  

44.7

33.8

  

 Ex-partner

19.1

12.9

  

16.6

13.8

  

 Stranger

8.6

22.1

  

9.2

18.4

  

 Other relationship

27.8

36.5

  

29.5

34.0

  

# Of incidents (women, ages 15–49)***

5280

9116

2450

2396

22,669

43,719

5496

7164

Percent of 2016 total/ # of municipalities reporting incidents

23.29%

20.85%

44.58%

33.44%

2370

2942

1272

2183

  1. Excludes self-inflicted (reports) and suicides (homicides)
  2. The Correlation Analytical Sample is observations from municipalities with fewer than 12 quarters of data missing between 2011 and 2016
  3. The Correlation Analytical Sample only includes SINAN data from facilities reporting since 2011
  4. *Education levels for reports are completed levels; for homicides they are levels initiated or completed
  5. **For homicides, death occurred at hospital indicates location of aggression unknown
  6. ***Yearly average for correlation sample