title: [Epidemiological characteristics of violence against women in the Federal District, Brazil, 2009-2012].
abstract: to describe the epidemiological characteristics of cases of violence against women reported in the Federal District, Brazil, 2009-2012.
  
  
  
  this was a descriptive study of cases of violence against women aged 18- 59 registered on the National Notifiable Diseases System (Sinan).
  
  
  
  1,924 cases of violence against women were registered, the perpetrators of which were identified as unknown (25.7%) or spouses (19.0%) of the victims; violence mainly occurred against women of brown skin color (25.0%) and in the domestic environment (38.5%); regarding violence type, physical violence (46.8%) by force (48.0%) stood out, whereby the genitals (15.7%) and the head (12.9%) were the most affected regions.
  
  
  
  physical violence in domestic environments by unknown aggressors was the main type of violence among the reported cases; shortcomings were identified in recording reported cases, showing the need to improve system quality and train health workers involved.
authors.affiliation: Ministério Público da União, Ministério Público do Trabalho, Brasília-DF, Brasil.
authors.forename: Lídia Ester Lopes da
authors.initials: LE
authors.lastname: Silva
authors.affiliation: Secretaria de Estado de Saúde do Distrito Federal, Fundação de Ensino e Pesquisa em Ciências da Saúde, Brasília-DF, Brasil.
authors.forename: Maria Liz Cunha de
authors.initials: ML
authors.lastname: Oliveira
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D001938:Brazil / Q000453:epidemiology; D004522:Educational Status; D005260:Female; D000074386:Gender-Based Violence / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D006801:Humans; D017533:Marital Status / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D008875:Middle Aged; D012880:Skin Pigmentation; D013179:Spouse Abuse / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D055815:Young Adult