Global, regional and national burden of childhood sexual abuse and bullying in adolescents and young adults: a Global Burden of Disease 2021 analysis.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

Childhood sexual abuse and bullying (CSA/B) undermine adolescent and young-adult health worldwide. We quantified CSA/B-attributable mortality and disability globally across 204 countries and territories (1990-2021), with regional and national disaggregation.

Methods

We analysed the GBD 2021 dataset and applied the comparative risk assessment framework to estimate CSA/B-attributable deaths and disability-adjusted life years (DALYs) by sex, age and Sociodemographic Index (SDI), summarising temporal trends using estimated annual percentage change (EAPC).

Results

CSA/B-related deaths fell from 260 to 187 (-28 %), whereas DALYs rose from 2.54 million to 3.69 million (+45 %). The age-standardised mortality rate declined (EAPC -2.4 %), but the age-standardised DALY

SUBMITTER: Lin D 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC12612861 | biostudies-literature | 2025

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature