Facts and Statistics

Every 12 seconds a woman is battered in the United States (Ms. Magazine, 2000).

In 1996, approximately 1,800 murders were attributed to intimates with nearly three out of four of these involving a female victim (U.S. Department of Justice, 1998).

Domestic Violence is the largest single cause of injury to women in the United States, more than car accidents, muggings, and rapes (Surgeon General of the U.S., 1990).

Between 4 and 8 million women each year are battered by their partners or former partners (NCJRS, July 2000).

Women are 7 to 14 times more likely than men to report suffering severe physical assaults form an intimate partner (National Institute of Justice and Centers for disease Control and Prevention, July 2000).

Weapons are used in 23% of Domestic Violence incidents by an intimate partner. (Bureau of Justice, 1999).

In Washington State between 1997 and 2000, 91 women and 35 children, friends, and family members were killed (U.S. Department of Justice, 2000).

A reported 5% of females say that they have been or currently are being stalked by an intimate partner (Bureau of Justice, 2000).

One out of every four teenagers is in a violent relationship (U.S. Department of Justice, July 2000).

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