Viol那ncia na infancia e juventude: atendimentos hospitalares e mortalidade em munic赤pio da Regi o Sul do Brasil = Violence in childhood and youth: hospital attendances and mortality in a city of southern Brazil

作者：Christine Baccarat de Godoy Martins; Selma Maffei de Andrade

来源：Acta Scientiarum - Health Sciences, 2006.

• violencia
• infancia
• juventude
• mortalidade
• violence
• childhood
• youth
• mortality

O estudo analisou as caracter赤sticas da viol那ncia em menores de 15 anos, residentes em Londrina, Estado do Paran芍, atendidos em hospitais ou que morreram em 2001, por meio de consulta a prontu芍rios hospitalares e dados de mortalidade. Dos 67 casos estudados, 79,1% corresponderam 角s agress es (53 casos) e 20,9% (14 casos) 角s les esautoprovocadas intencionalmente. Entre os casos de agress o, a maioria ocorreu no sexo masculino, na faixa et芍ria de 10 a 14 anos, sendo os meios mais freq邦entes a for a corporal (54,7%) e a arma de fogo (15,1%). As interna es por agress o (7,5%) foram todasdecorrentes de arma de fogo, tamb谷m respons芍vel por um 車bito (1,9%). Entre as les es autoprovocadas, a ingest o de medicamento predominou (71,4%), o sexo feminino foi maioria (10 casos) e a idade mais freq邦ente foi 14 anos. As interna es corresponderam a 35,7% e n o houve 車bitos. Os resultados podem contribuir para o planejamento de a es de preven o desses agravos. The study analyzed the characteristics of violence among youngsters under the age 15 who lived in Londrina, State of Paran芍, Brazil, who were attended in hospitals or died in 2001. The study was conducted by means of reviewing hospital records and mortality data. Among 67 cases, 79.1% were due to assaults (53 cases) and 20.9% (14 cases) due to intentional self-harm. The majority of assaults occurred amongboys, in the 10-14 years of age group. Assaults by bodily force (54.7%) and by firearm discharge (15.1%) were the main types. All hospital admissions (7.5%) and one death (1.9%) occurred due to firearm discharge. Among cases of intentional self-harm, intake ofmedicaments prevailed (71.4%) and the majority were females aged 14. Hospital admissions corresponded to 35.7% of the intentional self-harm cases, but there was no death. The results may contribute to the planning of preventive actions in order to reduce these events.