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~ Domestic Violence Statistics ~
- Between 1/3 and 1/2 of all adult women are beaten by their spouses or partners at some point in their lives
- 14% of American women acknowledge having been violently abused by a husband or boyfriend
- 92% of women who were physically abused by their partners did not discuss these incidents with their physicians
- 57% did not discuss the incidents with anyone
- In the United States every 9 seconds a woman is physically abused by her partner
- Within the last year almost 4 million women ( 7% ) who are married or living with someone were physically abused
- Nearly 38 million ( 37% ) were verbally or emotionally abused by their partner
- Two-thirds of attacks on women are committed by someone the victim knows
- Most often these attacks are by their husband or boyfriend
- The level of injury resulting from domestic violence is severe
- Out of 218 women presenting at a metropolitan emergency department with injuries due to domestic violence
- 40% had previously required medical care for abuse
- 28% required admission to the hospital
- 13% required major treatment
- 40% previously had required medical care for abuse
- 42% of murdered women are killed by their intimate male partners
- 4,000 women are killed each year because of domestic violence
- Women are more often victims of domestic violence than victims of burglary, muggings and all other physical crime combined
- Nationally domestic violence costs employers 3 to 5 billion dollars annually due to absenteeism
- Medical expenses from domestic violence also total between 3 to 5 billion dollars annually
- In most States animal shelters out number domestic violence shelters approximately 10 to 1
- Domestic violence is repetitive in nature and generally escalates
- 1 in 5 women victimized by their spouse or ex-spouse reported that they had been a victim of a series of at least 3 assaults in the last 6 months
- 35% of emergency room visits by women are for symptoms that may be the result of spousal abuse
- As few as 5% of these victims are ever categorized as domestic violence
- The FBI estimates that a woman is raped every 6 minutes in the U.S.
- Rape victims range in age from 4 months to 92 years
- 40% of all rapes occur in the victim's home
- An estimated 70% of men who abuse their female partners also abuse their children
- Homes where spousal abuse occurs children are 1500% more likely to be abused also
- Nearly 1/2 of the violent crimes against women are not reported to the police
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