A violência contra mulher perpetrada por parceiro íntimo na região da Amazônia Legal brasileira

Abstract

Describe the panorama of violence against women perpetrated by an intimate partner, from states that are part of the Brazilian Legal Amazon. Method: a cross-sectional study with a quantitative approach, developed with data from the Department of Information Technology of the SUS, in the period 2010-2014, with population data related to the number of reported cases of women victims of intimate partner violence (IPV). Results: The states with the highest rates of intimate partner violence were Acre (65, 14 reported cases / 100 thousand inhabitants / year), Roraima (51, 21 reported cases / 100 thousand inhabitants / year) and Tocantins (50, 59 reported cases / 100 thousand inhabitants / year), while Rondônia (12, 12 cases reported / 100 thousand inhabitants / year) had the lowest rate of reported cases / 100 thousand inhabitants / year. Conclusion: The states of Acre, Roraima, Tocantins and Amazonas have the highest rates in the region. In addition, there was an incidence of physical violence when compared to other forms of violence. It was also observed that women with lower levels of schooling, younger and with partners who use alcoholic drinks characterized the profile of the higher incidence of violence in this study