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Sexual violence against women is a major public health and human rights problem with serious physical and mental health consequences for women and their children. Researchers for the Global Burden of Disease 2010 study sought to quantify the worldwide incidence of nonpartner sexual violence against women aged 15 and older. In all, 412 estimates (36 from peer-reviewed articles) from 77 population-based studies in 56 countries were included in the analysis. Most defined nonpartner sexual violence as a positive answer to the question, “Were you ever forced to have sex or perform a sexual act when you did not want to with someone other than your partner?” and most did not distinguish between single and multiple incidents.
After adjustment for co…