In 2015, intimate partner violence contributed to 1.6% of the total disease burden in Australian women.
These estimates reflect the amount of disease burden that could have been avoided if all women aged 15 and over in Australia were not exposed to intimate partner violence.
Intimate partner violence was causally linked to homicide & violence, suicide & self-inflicted injuries, alcohol use disorders, depression, anxiety and early pregnancy loss (see Supplementary tables). The impact of this risk factor was estimated only in women as evidence in the literature to identify the causally linked diseases and the amount of increased risk (relative risk) was only available for women (Ayre et al. 2016; GBD 2016 Risk Factor Collaborators 2017).
How much burden was attributable to intimate partner violence?
Intimate partner violence contributed 41% of homicide & violence burden, 19% each of suicide & self-inflicted injuries and depressive disorders burden and 18% of early pregnancy loss burden and 12% of anxiety disorders burden in females.