Spatial analysis of violence in adolescents: A tool for actions of prevention and reduction of inequalities

Objective: To analyze the correlation between the gross rates of general violence and year of occurrence and the spatial pattern of occurrence of reported cases of general violence against adolescents. Method: This is an ecological study with temporal trend, conducted from the records of the notification of cases of general violence against adolescents residing in the state of Pernambuco, in the period from 2009 to 2014, per municipality, obtained by the Health Information Systems Program (Sistema de Informação de Agravos de Notificação in Portuguese). The analysis occurred through the TerraView program, version 4.2.2, from the digitized cartographic bases of the municipalities of Pernambuco and population data provided by the Brazilian Institute of Geography and Statistics. Results: There is lack of significant spatial association and the positive statistical linear correlation between the gross rates and the years of occurrence. Conclusion: The geographical identification of cases of violence provided the priority areas for the construction of preventive strategies, coping and planning of intersectoral actions for a full and fair attention for the population.