Short answers, pulled from the story.
The World Health Organization defined violence as the intentional use of physical force or power, threatened or actual, against oneself, another person, or a group. This definition includes acts that result in injury, death, psychological harm, maldevelopment, or deprivation.
Self-inflicted violence appears in two primary forms: suicidal behavior and self-harm through acts like self-mutilation. Suicidal thoughts and attempts represent one category while deliberate bodily damage constitutes another.
Violence-related injuries kill 1.25 million people annually as of 2024 according to World Health Organization statistics. This figure remains relatively stable compared to 2013 when approximately 1.28 million deaths occurred globally.
Archaeological evidence indicates organized large-scale human-on-human violence emerged relatively recently during the Holocene epoch beginning about 11,700 years ago. Lawrence H. Keeley argued that 87% of tribal societies were at war more than once per year in prehistoric times with attrition rates reaching 60% in close-quarter clashes.
For individuals aged 15 to 44 years violence ranks as the fourth leading cause of death worldwide since 2014. In 2013 roughly 842,000 deaths resulted from suicide while 405,000 stemmed from interpersonal violence and only 31,000 from collective violence combined with legal intervention.