• 960 000 to 3 million women are physically harmed by their partner each year, in the United States alone.

• 1 in 3 women have been or will be domestically abused in their lifetime; around the world.

• 25% of american women report having been abused by their partner.

• In the United States over 3 women are murdered by their partner every day! In the year 2000, 1 247 women were killed by their partner; 400 men were killed by their partner.

• One in five highschool students report being abused by their partner

• 50% of men who assault their wives also assault theie children.

• 3.3 to 10 million children witness domestic abuse each year.

• 3 in 4 women who reported rape said that it was done by a current or former partner.

• 1 in 5 women reports being raped and/or sexually assaulted in their lifetime.

• Each year in the United States, 503 485 women are stalked by their intimate partners.

• 80% of those stalked, are abused by that partner

Family Violence Prevention Fund, (2008). Domestic Violence is a serious widespread social problem in America: The facts. Retrieved from http://www.endabuse.org/resources/facts/