The difference between morbidity and death

We stated in error that the most common cause of death for women under the age of 44 was domestic violence, and that this was greater than both cancer and road accidents (Beating the wife-beaters, page 16, G2, March 16). Figures reported by the Home Office show it is the largest cause of morbidity, not death. Morbidity: the relative incidence of a particular disease (Collins).