Cover -- Contents -- Acknowledgements -- Abbreviations -- Preface -- Executive summary -- Introduction -- Definitions and conceptual framework -- Health outcomes and causal pathways -- Section 1: Methodology -- Measurement of exposure to intimate partner violence and non-partner sexual violence -- Definitions of WHO regions -- Prevalence estimates of intimate partner violence -- Compilation of evidence on the prevalence of intimate partner violence -- Compilation of evidence on the prevalence of non-partner sexual violence -- Methods to obtain regional and global prevalence estimates of intimate partner violence and non-partner sexual violence -- Section 2: Results - lifetime prevalence estimates -- Global and regional prevalence estimates of intimate partner violence -- Global and regional prevalence estimates of non-partner sexual violence -- Combined estimates of the prevalence of intimate partner violence and non-partner violence -- Section 3: Results - the health effects of intimate partner violence and non-partner sexual violence -- Health effects of exposure to intimate partner violence -- HIV and other sexually transmitted infections -- Induced abortion -- Low birth weight and prematurity -- Harmful alcohol use -- Depression and suicide -- Non-fatal injuries -- Fatal injuries (intimate partner homicides) -- Health effects of exposure to non-partner sexual violence -- Depression and anxiety -- Alcohol use disorders -- Section 4: Summary and conclusions -- Summary of findings -- Limitations of the review -- Implications of the findings -- Research gaps -- Conclusions -- References -- Appendix 1: Countries included by WHO region and age group -- Appendix 2: Prevalence estimates of violence against women by Global Burden of Disease regions -- Intimate partner violence -- Non-partner sexual violence.

Appendix 3: Regression models for calculating regional estimates of intimate partner violence and non-partner sexual violence -- Regression function to estimate regional levels of intimate partner violence -- Regression function to estimate age-group-specific regional levels of intimate partner violence -- Regression function to estimate regional levels for non-partner sexual violence.

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