Box 1. Prevalence of notifications of sexual violence against children and adolescents, by major municipality, Rio Grande do Sul, 2014-2018.
| Major municipalitiesa | Number of children and adolescentsb | Number of notifications | Prevalence of notifications (per 100,000 children and adolescents) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Porto Alegre | 367,306 | 4,201 | 1,144 |
| Caxias do Sul | 121,620 | 510 | 419 |
| Pelotas | 91,776 | 32 | 35 |
| Canoas | 99,058 | 336 | 339 |
| Santa Maria | 73,311 | 278 | 379 |
| Gravataí | 80,283 | 345 | 430 |
| Viamão | 79,530 | 39 | 49 |
| Novo Hamburgo | 71,208 | 70 | 98 |
| São Leopoldo | 66,274 | 49 | 74 |
| Rio Grande | 58,086 | 203 | 349 |
| Alvorada | 69,772 | 8 | 11 |
| Passo Fundo | 55,165 | 150 | 272 |
| Sapucaia do Sul | 41,185 | 30 | 73 |
| Uruguaiana | 43,841 | 108 | 246 |
| Santa Cruz do Sul | 31,645 | 39 | 123 |
| Cachoeirinha | 35,623 | 23 | 65 |
| Bagé | 35,502 | 26 | 73 |
| Bento Gonçalves | 27,157 | 77 | 284 |
a) For the purpose of health performance evaluation, a major municipality can be considered to be one that has more than 100,000 inhabitants; b) Population data from the 2010 Demographic Census/Brazilian Institute of Geography and Statistics (Instituto Brasileiro de Geografia e Estatística - IBGE).