Abstract
Objective: To present the epidemiological profile of cases of violence against children under 10 years old in the State of Goiás, between 2009 and 2014. Methods: This is a descriptive-analytical study, whose data were obtained by completing the data sheet notification "Domestic violence, sexual violence and / or other violence", available at SINAN. We used as a sample children under 10 years of age who were victims of violence in the period between 2009 and 2014 in the State of Goiás. Frequencies of variables were calculated according to the characteristics of the occurrence in relation to the year, age group and sex of the victims, type of violence, the abuser's attachment to the victim, and the evolution of the case. Results: A sample of 3,258 cases of violence against children in the analyzed period was obtained, in which there was a prevalence of neglect / abandonment in the age group between 5 and 9 years of age and in the female sex, being the aggressors mainly the parents of children. The majority of cases of child violence evolved during hospital discharge.