Violence

Estimates of disability-adjusted life years from physical violence, per 100,000 inhabitants in 2002.[1]
  No data
  <200
  200–400
  400–600
  600–800
  800–1000
  1000–1200
  1200–1400
  1400–1600
  1600–1800
  1800–2000
  2000–3000
  >3000

Violence is when someone attacks someone else, often to get them to do something they do not want to do by making them feel pain.

Overview

Violence can mean anything from one person hitting another to a war between many countries that could cause millions of deaths. Laws are often created to lower the chance of violence happening.

Types

Examples

Many notable groups regularly committing violence are politically motivated. They are sometimes called terrorist groups. Below is a select list.

Select list of terrorist groups

References

  1. ↑ "Mortality and Burden of Disease Estimates for WHO Member States in 2002" (xls). World Health Organization. 2004. Archived from the original on 2013-01-16.
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