Stats and facts
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During her lifetime, one in three American women will suffer physical or sexual abuse at the hands of a partner. |
| Intimate partner violence is primarily a crime against women. In 2001, women accounted for 85 percent of the victims of intimate partner violence (588,490 total) and men accounted for approximately 15 percent of the victims (103,220 total). |
While women are less likely than men to be victims of violent crimes overall, women are five to eight times more likely than men to be victimized by an intimate partner. |
| As many as 324,000 women each year experience intimate partner violence during their pregnancy. |
Women of all races are equally vulnerable to violence by an intimate partner. |
| The most rapid growth in domestic relations caseloads is occurring in domestic violence filings. Between 1993 and 1995, 18 of 32 states with three year filing figures reported an increase of 20 percent or more. |
Women are seven to 14 times more likely than men to report suffering severe physical assaults from an intimate partner. |
| On average, more than three women are murdered by their husbands or boyfriends in this country every day. |
In a national survey of more than 6,000 American families, 50 percent of the men who frequently assaulted their wives also frequently abused their children. |
| Studies suggest that between 3.3 - 10 million children witness some form of domestic violence annually. |
