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Domestic Violence is the leading cause of injury to women.
Homicide is the leading cause of death for women on the job.
Someone is raped in the United States every 2 minutes.
Nearly 1/3 of American women report being physically or sexually abused by a husband or boyfriend at some time.
(Statistics from: www.safehorizon.com)
In the US, a woman is beaten every 15 minutes.
Domestic Violence is the leading cause of injury to women of childbearing age.
United Nations
(Statistics from: http://www.un.org/rights/dpi1772e.htm)
Estimates range from 960,000 incidents of violence against a current or former spouse, boyfriend, or girlfriend each year to 4 million women who are physically abused by their husbands or live-in partners each year.
http://womensissues.about.com/od/domesticviolence/a/dvstats1.htm
Violence by an intimate partner accounts for about 21% of violent crime experienced by women. http://womensissues.about.com/od/domesticviolence/a/dvstats3.htm
Of women who reported being raped and/or physically assaulted since the age of 18, three quarters (76 percent) were victimized by a current or former husband, cohabitating partner, date or boyfriend.
http://womensissues.about.com/od/domesticviolence/a/dvstats1.htm
Women are 5 to 8 times more likely than men to be victimized by an intimate partner.
http://womensissues.about.com/od/domesticviolence/a/dvstats3.htm
U.S. Department of Justice, Bureau of Justice Statistics:
From 1976-2002, 81.1% of female victim homicides were sex-related.
http://www.ojp.usdoj.gov/bjs/homicide/gender.htm
Sexual assault is one of the most underreported crimes, with more than half still being left unreported.
http://www.rainn.org/statistics/index.html
Young females are four times more likely than any other group to be the victims of sexual assault.
http://www.rainn.org/statistics/index.html
Every two and a half minutes, somewhere in America, someone is sexually assaulted.
http://www.rainn.org/statistics/index.html
One in six American women has been the victim of an attempted or completed rape.
http://www.rainn.org/statistics/index.html
In 2003-2004, there was an average of 204,370 rape, attempted rape, or sexual assault victims.
http://www.rainn.org/statistics/index.html
About 44% of rape victims are under age 18, and 80% are under age 30.
http://www.rainn.org/statistics/index.html
Over 80 percent of all sexual assaults are committed by an acquaintance of the victim, but almost half of these victims tell no one about the rape.
http://www.westchestergov.com/women/rape1.htm
Nationally, rape is the most under-reported crime.
http://www.westchestergov.com/women/rape1.htm
Women ages 16-25 are three times more likely to be raped than women in any other age group.
http://www.westchestergov.com/women/rape1.htm
Approximately 80% of rapes are wholly or partially planned (Amir). About 50% occur in either the victim’s or assailant’s home.
http://womenscenter.virginia.edu/sdvs/assault/myths.html
Highlights from the 2002 FBI Uniform Crime Reports:
Incidence of forcible rape increased 4.0% in 2002.
http://www.aardvarc.org/rape/about/statistics.shtml
