Spatial analysis of elder abuse in a Brazilian municipality.

Abstract

OBJECTIVE\nto analyze the spatial distribution of elder abuse in Ribeirão Preto-SP, according to victims place of residence and event.\n\n\nMETHOD\nan ecological study that analyzed 1,153 elder abuse police reports (2009 to 2013). Local gross and empirical Bayesian rates and Local Moran s I were calculated.\n\n\nRESULTS\nthere was a heterogeneous distribution of concentration of sectors with a high incidence rate surrounded by neighbors with also high rates, considering place of residence. In contrast, analysis by place of occurrence showed a greater concentration in the central areas of the municipality. More than 80% of cases of violence occurred at their own homes and with spatial dependence on distribution by occurrence up to a 5,000 m distance from their places of residence.\n\n\nCONCLUSION\ndata reinforce that violence is a complex phenomenon, affecting several social strata, including in central urban areas and in elderly people families own context.