ResumoObjetivo: descrever o perfil dos casos de violência notificados na cidade de Recife, Estado de Pernambuco, Brasil. Métodos: estudo descritivo que incluiu todos os casos de violência doméstica, sexual e outras violências registrados no Sistema de Informação de Agravos de Notificação (Sinan) de Recife-PE, em 2012. Resultados: foram notificados 3.119 casos de violência no ano estudado, sendo 67,3% mulheres, 33,6% na faixa etária de 0 a 9 anos e 51,6% de cor da pele parda; a violência física foi a mais notificada (49,5%); na violência sexual, o principal agressor era um desconhecido (30,7%), sendo um familiar nos demais tipos de violência; metade dos casos foi encaminhada para outros serviços de saúde (50,2%). Conclusão: entre os casos de violência notificados, as principais vítimas foram mulheres, crianças e indivíduos de cor da pele parda; as estratégias intersetoriais de apoio às vítimas de violência e seus familiares devem ser focadas nos grupos de maior vulnerabilidade.Palavras-chave: Vigilância Epidemiológica; Violência; Violência Doméstica; Violência contra a Mulher; Epidemiologia Descritiva.

Objective To identify and analyse the reports of interpersonal violence on residents of Recife identified in the public health services, from August 2006 to March 2008. Methods A descriptive cross-sectional study. Used the surveillance system of domestic violence and sexual violence and other violences – VIVA. The variables analysed were gender, age, race, violence typology, place of occurrence and victim/aggressor relationship and presented in graphs and tables. Results Reported 822 cases in 23 health services in Recife. Physical violence appeared in 253 notifications, 234 psychological, neglect/abandonment in 229 to 165 sexual, noting that one type of violence does not preclude the other, a case can be notified with more than one type of violence. Of the cases 90% were violence against children and adolescents – C/A. The female preponderance of 58, 3 cases with male and 40.8%. The race/colour brown prevailed with 34.2% followed by white and black with 13%. It is observed that 38.0% of the notifications do not have this information. Mothers appear as the main aggressor in violence against C/A, followed by friends, acquaintances, stepfathers, unknown and spouse. Children under 10 years were mostly victims of neglect/abandonment, aged 10–17 years of violence prevalent psychological. The health district VI had the highest number of cases. Conclusions The study revealed underreporting cases, only 19 reporting units, most violence against C/A, these data can support public policies for prevention and victim support.

This study presents a critical reflection surrounding the invisibility of sexual violence against children and adolescences in the epidemiology and legal perspective. Discussing the magnitude and the impact of sexual violence in children and adolescences quality of life, identifying the occurrence of sexual violence among mothers under the age of 14, residents in Recife, in the year 2005 until June 2007, referring to the presumed violence defined by law and an analysis of 2.031 sexual reports have been done in 1.144 children and adolescences. The results showed that 27% of the interviewed mothers have a former history of sexual violence, they live in poor condition social areas, have low schooling, and half of these families belong to an enrolled program named Bolsa Familia. The maternal grandmothers are the main responsible ones to provide economically for the children, having more than 60% of adolescence mothers being responsible for their own babies. The Judicial system needs to adopt better knowledge in protocols and interview techniques in these cases and have capability and disciplined teams, avoiding in being re-victimized and impunity. After all, this is a theme that every time is becoming much more emergent, sexual violence still continues being subnotified and of difficult diagnosis, needing better investigations to improve this invisibility.