Epidemiological profile of violence in a health region of the state of pernambuco

This study aims to describe the epidemiological profile of cases of violence reported in the IV Health Management of the state of Pernambuco. This is a qualitative and quantitative cross-sectional study of secondary data collected in the Notifiable Diseases Information System between 2015 and 2019. After data collection, they were tabulated using Excel® Software 2010. The variables studied in this study were age group, types of violence, race and gender and excluding schooling.In the IV Health Management of the state of Pernambuco, Caruaru was the municipality most affected by violence, followed by the city of Santa Cruz do Capibaribe, in relation to color/race, the brown the most raped, the age group 15 to 29 years the most assaulted along with the female sex and the means of aggression used by the offenders was the physical force that comprises the punches, slaps, jerks, among others. It is perceived the lack of more effective actions through existing public policies, still the strengthening of continuing education, the stricter platform aimed at reducing and/or eradicating these barbarities, since it causes as a consequence several negative aspects in the physical, social and psychological sphere.