Violence prevention

Homicide estimates: Globally, interpersonal violence resulted in some 475 000 homicides in 2012 (overall rate of 6.7 per 100 000 population), of which 60% were in males aged 15-44 years, making homicide the third leading cause of death for males in this age group. In addition, of all adults, one in four report having been physically abused as children; one in five women and one in 10 men report having been sexually abused as children; one in three women report having been victims of physical and/or sexual intimate partner violence in their lifetime, and one in 17 older people report being abused in the past month.