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ArticleRevista de saude publica2021

The invisible magnitude of the rape of girls in Brazil.

Stella Regina Taquette, Denise Leite Maia Monteiro, Nádia Cristina Pinheiro Rodrigues, José Augusto Sapienza Ramos

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Stella Regina TaquetteUniversidade do Estado do Rio de Janeiro. Faculdade de Ciências Médicas. Departamento de Pediatria. Rio de Janeiro, RJ, Brasil.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0001-7388-3025
Denise Leite Maia MonteiroUniversidade do Estado do Rio de Janeiro. Faculdade de Ciências Médicas. Departamento de Ginecologia e Obstetrícia. Rio de Janeiro, RJ, Brasil.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0003-4679-1859
Nádia Cristina Pinheiro RodriguesFundação Oswaldo Cruz. Escola Nacional de Saúde Pública. Rio de Janeiro, RJ, Brasil.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-2613-5283
José Augusto Sapienza RamosUniversidade do Estado do Rio de Janeiro. Núcleo de Geotecnologias. Rio de Janeiro, RJ, Brasil.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0003-1223-6021

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Abstract

objectiveCompare official data on notifications of sexual violence against girls aged 10 to 13 years with data on pregnancy for the same age group between 2012 and 2018.

methodsThis is an epidemiological, descriptive, cross-sectional study with data from the Department of Informatics of the Unified Health System (DATASUS) on violence against and pregnancy of girls aged 10 to 13 years from 2012 to 2018. Data on sexual violence were accessed in the Health Information System (SINAN); on pregnancy, in the Live Births Information System (SINASC), on fetal deaths, in the Mortality Information System (SIM), and on abortions, in the Hospital Admission System (SIH).

resultsBetween 2012 and 2018, out of 136,387 pregnancies, there were 120,185 live births and 15,402 interrupted pregnancies by abortions or fetal deaths of mothers who became pregnant aged 13 years or younger. In the same period, SINAN received 46,548 notifications of sexual abuse against girls aged 10 to 13 years. The number of girls who became pregnant before the age of 14, victims of statutory rape, was 2.9 times higher than the number of cases notified to SINAN.

conclusionThe lack of adequate notification of statutory rapes in Brazilian official statistics leads to the underestimation of its magnitude.

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RapeSex OffensesBrazilCross-Sectional StudiesFemaleHumansPregnancyViolence

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PMCPMC8664051

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