Project Report – Fiji 2010 - Pacific Health Voices

Table 7: VAW Record by Month 2005 - 2009
Months/Years 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 Total
January 16 67 24 39 49 195
February 28 55 62 35 54 234
March 25 60 49 40 57 231
April 45 61 40 28 47 221
May 50 55 35 54 55 249
June 58 56 37 43 51 245
July 31 36 55 55 34 211
August 22 43 61 45 53 224
September 52 55 78 38 37 260
October 58 31 82 59 95 321
November 64 27 40 60 61 252
December 83 33 44 89 81 329
Total 532 579 607 585 674 3027
8.9 Age & Ethnicity of Patients
Source: Fieldwork, Aug-Sept., 2010.
Of the total patient records, 91 records did not include the age of the patient and 2 records did
not include the ethnicity of the patient. These were variables that were commonly recorded
into the records used at the General Outpatients Department (GOPD), the Accidents &
Emergencies (A&E), Patient Information System (PATIS) & police records at the health facilities.
Patients in the age groups of from 1 to 90- years of age presented their injuries at the selected
health facilities in this study. Ethnicity: F (54%) I (43%) O (3%); Marital status: 49% married, 13%
single, 38% did not state & others; Age: majority (39%) were in 21-30 yrs, 23% were in 31-40yrs, then
12% each for the 16-20 yrs and 41-50yrs. Vulnerable age groups: 6% in 1-15years and 1% in 61-90yrs.
The majority of VAW patients (31%) were between the ages of 21 and 30 years had visited a
health facility with some form of physical and/or sexual violence and abuse in the last 5 years.
Figure 6: VAW cases by Age group 2004-9 in selected MOH Facilities
Source: Fieldwork, Aug – Sept., 2010.
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