Data Collection: Violence against Women within the Health System

Country	Latvia
Year	2011
Type of Measure	Administrative data > Health
Form of Violence	Violence against women and girls

Brief Description

Regulations No. 263 of 4 April 2006 "Procedures for the establishment, supplementation and maintenance of registry of patients suffering from specific diseases" stipulate that a registry on injuries shall be established.

Information is available on victims who receive health care at the hospitals.

Data about mortality due to violence are available from death register carried out by the Health Economy Centre.

Source of Information

Response of the Government of Latvia to the questionnaire on violence against women 2011