Violence against women grows: more hospitalizations

TOveva only 16 years old Jessica Malajbut the father still had no mercy and still found the courage to brutally stab her Why he tried to defend his mother from the man’s murderous rage. A terrible death that occurred on Saturday evening in Torremaggiore, in the province of Foggia, yet another feminicide committed in the family which adds to the increasingly impressive number of women killed at the hands of a man.

Violence against women: the 2022 data of a dramatic phenomenon

Feminicides, at the age of sixteen killed by her father

The baker Taulant Malaj, imagining that he was betrayed he gave hand to all his violence, first killing his wife’s presumed lover and then trying to kill his wife as well, failing only because his daughter stood in the way to defend her. The woman managed to escape and call for help, but the 16-year-old didn’t make it and died en route to hospital.

More and more violence against women: almost 12 thousand in hospital for beatings

Hospitalizations are increasing and the conditions of those arriving in the emergency room are worsening (Photo by Riccardo De Luca/Anadolu Agency via Getty Images)

Not a day goes by that one is not forced to read about such tragedies: and unfortunately that number of women killed or wounds, or assaulted higher and higher is not just perception, but it is reality.

The data says so new report from the National Institute of Statistics (Istat) And of the Ministry of Health created to deepen the knowledge of the situation of women victims of violence who turn to hospital services.

Which unfortunately confirm high numbers: in 2021, 11,771 women presented themselves to the emergency rooms hospitallers with indication of violencefor a total of 12,780 hits.

Most affected are young women

Young women aged 18-34 were most affected (8.8 per 10,000), followed by adult women aged 35-49 (7.2 per 10,000).

Entry rates for foreigners to the emergency room with indication of violence they are more than double those of the Italians: 11.8 per 10,000 residents against 4.7 in the pre-pandemic period 2017-2019; 10.0 against 3.8 in the 2020-2021 pandemic period. The greatest gap is observed in the 18-34 and 35-49 age groups where the rates are higher.

The severity of beatings also increases: more yellow codes

Also according to the report, 31.4% of women’s emergency room visits indicate violence takes place through the 118 system and it is increasing compared to 2017 (it was 21.8%).

Furthermore, the share of accesses with an indication of violence with a green triage code (minor urgency) decreases from 76.2% in 2017 to 60.3% in 2021, while it increases yellow code (urgency and deferrable urgency) from 12.8% to 27.7%.

Violence against women, the major diagnoses: fractures, wounds and burns

Finally, both for access to emergency rooms and for hospital admissions, the diagnoses most frequently associated with violence are: o related to trauma and poisoning, therefore fractures, wounds, contusions, burns and poisonings.

Of or relating to mental disordersincluding predominant emotional disorders, some adjustment disorders and reactions, cannabinoid abuse, non-addictive drug abuse, anxiety and dissociative disorders.

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