Female domestic abuse survivors '44 per cent more likely' to die from any cause

Female domestic abuse survivors '44 per cent more likely' to die from any cause Women who have been subjected to domestic abuse are 44 per cent more likely to die from any cause than the wider population, a new study has found.

Researchers at the University of Warwick and Birmingham discovered domestic abuse survivors are at increased risk of developing cardiometabolic diseases such as type 2 diabetes and cardiovascular disease.

The study stresses the prevalence of domestic abuse – noting an estimated one in three women have experienced it globally and one in four women in Britain have suffered it. The Indepdendent

See also:

• Risk of Cardiometabolic Disease and All‐Cause Mortality in Female Survivors of Domestic Abuse (open access) Journal of the American Heart Association
• Matters of the Heart and Mind: Interpersonal Violence and Cardiovascular Disease in Women (open access) Journal of the American Heart Association