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Advanced countries? No matter,
domestic violence against women continues to be a major scourge.
Burden of Disease
and Injury
in
So also 15 per cent of women
suffering from depression were those who had been subjected to violence at home.
The report further says that child sexual
abuse causes 10 per cent of the anxiety and depression in the entire
population.
Intimate partner violence alone accounts for 1.1
per cent of the entire burden of disease and injury in
It shows air pollution can lead to heart
disease, lung
cancer and stroke, and causes about 3 per cent of the total burden
of respiratory illnesses together known as Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary
Disease.
The report, compiled by the Australian Institute
of Health
and Welfare and the University of Queensland, finds domestic violence, child
abuse, air pollution, osteoporosis and 10 other more significant risk factors -
such as tobacco, drug and alcohol use, physical inactivity and poor eating
habits - together account for 32 per cent of the total burden of
death and disease affecting Australians in 2003.
The report confirms that cancer has overtaken
heart disease as the leading cause of death and disabling illness, thanks to
success in tackling cardiovascular
disease. Tobacco caused 7.6 per cent of the total burden, calculated
as the years of healthy life lost either to premature death or illness and disability.