Domestic Violence
Every 9 seconds a woman is battered in the U.S.
95% of all victims of domestic violence are women.
Domestic violence is the single major cause of injury to women, more than car accidents and muggings combined.
Domestic violence is the cause of 30% of physical disabilities in women.
50% of all women murdered in the U.S. are killed by a spouse or an acquaintance.
Domestic violence occurs in 60% of marriages and is the most un-reported crime.
10 million children are exposed to domestic violence each year.
25% of adolescent relationships are abusive.
According to a National Violence Against Women Survey, 22% of women are physically assaulted by a partner or date during their lifetime and nearly 5.3 million partner victimizations occur each year among U.S. women ages 18 and older, resulting in 2 million injuries and 1,300 deaths.
• Nearly 25% of women have been raped and/or physically assaulted
by an intimate partner during their lives.
• 15.4% of gay men, 11.4% of lesbians and 7.7% of heterosexual men,
are assaulted by a date or intimate partner during their lives.
• More than 1 million women and 371,000 men are stalked by partners
each year.
Pets are victims domestic violence.
13% of intentional animal abuse cases involve domestic violence.
74% of pet owners entering domestic violence shelters report that their batterer had threatened, injured, or killed family pets.
52% of children in violent households directly protected animals from abuse.