[Domestic violence].
The purpose of this study was to analyze the development in the incidence of violence against women committed by husband/spouse and violence against children committed by parents. This study is based on a prospective registration during a one year period (1993-94) of women and children who attended the casualty wards and/or the Department of Forensic Medicine because of exposure to violence. The results were compared with similar studies from 1981-82 and 1987-88. The incidence of domestic violence within the age group of 25-34 years (the major group) was in 1993-94 1.9 per 1000 per year, in 1981-82 1.7 and in 1987-88 2.9. Twelve percent of the women had been exposed to violence characterized as severe. Twenty (6.6%) women were registered more than once. Thirty-eight percent of Danish women and 25.8% of foreign women reported the incident to the police. The incidence of violence against children remained unchanged at 0.3 per 1000 per year during the three registration periods.
Ulykkes Analyse Centret for Arhus Amtskommune, Arhus Universitetshospital, Arhus Amtssygehus, ortopaedkirurgisk afdeling.
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D000328:Adult; D002649:Child Abuse; D002675:Child, Preschool; D015331:Cohort Studies; D003419:Crisis Intervention; D003718:Denmark / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000208:ethnology; D004641:Emigration and Immigration; D005260:Female; D005554:Forensic Medicine / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D006801:Humans; D015994:Incidence; D008297:Male; D013179:Spouse Abuse / Q000706:statistics & numerical data