Interpersonal violence: an important risk factor for disease and injury in South Africa

Table 5 Estimated burden attributable to interpersonal violence by sex, South Africa, 2000

	Male			Female
	PAF^c	Deaths	DALYs^d	PAF^c	Deaths	DALYs^d
Intimate partner violence		0	0		10 187	418 575
Major depression	-	-	-	21.0%	0	42 073
Anxiety disorders^b	-	-	-	14.3%	0	12 133
Alcohol consumption	-	-	-	9.8%	658	17 694
Drug use disorders	-	-	-	13.7%	0	3 094
Self-inflicted injuries	-	-	-	36.2%	448	11 105
Tobacco smoking	-	-	-	22.7%	1 747	34 458
Cervical cancer	-	-	-	15.7%	551	8 460
HIV/AIDS	-	-	-	7.2%	4 897	197 080
Sexually transmitted infections	-	-	-	19.8%	42	6 194
Femicides	-	-	-	45.3%	1 845	51 833
Physical injury disability	-	-	-	16.5%	0	34 450
Child sexual abuse		1 279	47 327		6 112	272 348
Major depression	5.7%	0	6 713	8.9%	0	17 935
Alcohol consumption	5.6%	979	25 161	6.8%	463	12 171
Drug use disorders	7.8%	1	4 954	11.0%	0	2 472
Post-traumatic stress disorder	22.4%	0	1 354	23.8%	0	4 210
Panic disorder	10.2%	0	1 751	14.4%	0	5 154
Self-inflicted injuries	7.0%	299	7 394	13.5%	168	4 145
HIV/AIDS	-	-	-	8.3%	5 480	226 260
Unspecified interpersonal violence ^a		23 041	819 141		2 676	150 288
Interpersonal violence injuries	100%	23041	819 141	100%	2676	150 288
Total		24 320	866 468		18 975	841 210
95% uncertainty interval		23 000-26 000	828 000-903 000		11 000-27 000	527 000-1 152 000
% of total burden		8.9%	10.2%		7.7%	10.9%
95% uncertainty interval		8.4%-9.3%	9.8%-10.7%		4.6-10.8%	6.8-14.9%

^aUnspecified interpersonal violence = unspecified community and family violence (injury burden) where victim-perpetrator relationship is unknown
^bAnxiety disorders = panic disorders + obsessive compulsive disorder + post-traumatic stress disorder
^cPAF = Population attributable fraction; ^dDALYs =disability-adjusted life years

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