GLOBAL DATABASE ON VIOLENCE AGAINST WOMEN AND GIRLSCOUNTRY-PROFILEJAMAICAMEASURESACCIDENT AND EMERGENCY UNIT DATA REGARDING SEXUAL ASSAULT
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Accident and Emergency Unit Data regarding Sexual Assault
Type of Measure
Research and statistical data > Administrative data > Health
Form of Violence
Sexual violence
Year
2007
Brief Description
Table 23.10 Patients seen in Accident and Emergency Units of Public Hospitals by Condition, Gender and Age, 2007

Condition

N

>5yrs

5-9yrs

10-19

20-29

30-44

45-64

65+

Sexual Assault

1,295

Male

9

17

22

8

6

3

2

Female

38

112

797

179

65

19

17

SOURCE: Ministry of Health ( Economic and Social Survey of Jamaica, 2007)

Source of Information
Response of the Government of Jamaica to the questionnaire on violence against women
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