Download or read book Health Dimensions of Sex and Reproduction written by Christopher J.L. Murray and published by . This book was released on 1996-10-31 with total page 390 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: From the health risks of sexual activity to those of pregnancy, abortion and childbirth, reproduction constitutes enormous risks to a woman's health. Ill-health conditions related to sex and reproduction account for 25 per cent of the global disease burden in adult women. In sub-Saharan Africa, they account for over 40 per cent. The catastrophic effects of reproductive ill-health, however, are not limited to women; for infants and adult men, they inflict 25 per cent and 1 per cent respectively of the global burden.