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Table 2 Gender-based breakdown of clinical characteristics and management of IPV victims (n = 116,287)

From: Epidemiology of interpersonal violence among Mexican children and adolescents: a national analysis of injury data from public hospitals from 2015 to 2022

 

Male

36,385 (31.3%)

Female

79,902 (68.7%)

Total

116,287 (100.0%)

p-value

n

%

n

%

n

%

 

Type of injury

 Physical abuse

26,743

73.5

12,412

15.5

39,155

33.7

< 0.001

 Sexual abuse

3,026

8.3

35,347

44.2

38,373

33.0

 

 Mental abuse

6,616

18.2

32,143

40.2

38,759

33.3

 

Type of violence

 Family violence

11,251

30.9

55,156

69.0

66,407

57.1

< 0.001

 Non-family violence

25,134

69.1

24,746

31.0

49,880

42.9

 

Location of violent event

      

< 0.001

 Residential Locations

13,184

36.3

58,750

73.7

71,934

62.0

 

 School

2,890

8.0

2,159

2.7

5,049

4.4

 

 Recreational Locations

1,249

3.4

669

0.8

1,918

1.7

 

 Transportation

13,937

38.4

7,162

9.0

21,099

18.2

 

 Commercial location

343

0.9

591

0.7

934

0.8

 

 Workplace

349

1.0

357

0.4

706

0.6

 

 Unspecified

4,318

11.9

10,045

12.6

14,363

12.4

 

Festive day

      

< 0.001

 Yes

874

2.4

1,433

1.8

2,307

2.0

 

 No

35,171

96.7

77,953

97.6

113,124

97.3

 

 Missing

340

0.9

516

0.6

856

0.7

 

Repeated violence

      

< 0.001

 First time

15,624

51.8

19,751

28.2

35,375

35.3

 

 Repeated

3,561

11.8

14,893

21.2

18,454

18.4

 

 Missing

10,949

36.3

35,493

50.6

46,442

46.3

 

Prehospital medical attention

      

< 0.001

 Yes

3,169

8.7

3,675

4.6

6,844

5.9

 

 No

33,179

91.2

76,218

95.4

109,397

94.1

 

 Not specified

37

0.1

9

0.0

46

0.0

 

Type of medical service provided

      

< 0.001

 External consultation

3,151

8.7

10,689

13.4

13,840

11.9

 

 Hospitalization

1,093

3.0

2,895

3.6

3,988

3.4

 

 Emergency

25,515

70.1

19,963

25.0

45,478

39.1

 

 Specialized violence care services

6,362

17.5

44,417

55.6

50,779

43.7

 

 Other service

264

0.7

1,938

2.4

2,202

1.9

 

Year

      

< 0.001

 2015

5,215

14.3

7,108

8.9

12,323

10.6

 

 2016

5,628

15.5

8,375

10.5

14,003

12.0

 

 2017

4,919

13.5

8,231

10.3

13,150

11.3

 

 2018

4,710

12.9

9,829

12.3

14,539

12.5

 

 2019

3,759

10.3

10,096

12.6

13,855

11.9

 

 2020

2,910

8.0

8,701

10.9

11,611

10.0

 

 2021

4,171

11.5

12,663

15.8

16,834

14.5

 

 2022

5,073

13.9

14,899

18.6

19,972

17.2

 
  1. n number of patients, % percentage