| Summary: | Objective: To verify the prevalence of sexual violence in Brazil between 2009 and 2015, according
to the general population and to the female and male gender. Methods: An ecological study was
conducted, based on sources from the Sistema de Informação de Agravos de Notificação
(SINAN) and the Instituto Brasileiro de Geografia e estatística (IBGE). Subsequently, the
prevalence rates for the general population and for gender were calculated. Results: The survey
showed that the prevalence of sexual violence in Brazil increased between 2009 and 2013, with a
general prevalence increase of 300%. The minimum prevalence was in 2015 with prevalence rate
(TP) = 0.02 per 100,000 population (95% CI: 0.02 - 0.03), and the highest TP was equivalent to 12.1
(95% CI: 12.0 - 12.3). The female gender had a higher PW than the male gender in all years,
reaching a peak prevalence of 20.9 (95% CI: 20.0 - 21.8), while in males the peak was 3.0 (95% CI
2.9 - 3.2). Conclusions: It was concluded that sexual violence is still very prevalent in Brazil despite
the decrease in frequency after 2014 and it is still a public health problem. Women are the most
frequent victims as evidenced in the study.
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