 On average, nearly 20 people per

minute are victims of physical violence

by an intimate partner in the United

States. During one year, this equates to

more than 10 million women and men.

 1 in 3 women and 1 in 4 men have

experienced [some form of] physical

violence by an intimate partner within

their lifetime.

 1 in 5 women and 1 in 7 men have

experienced severe physical violence by

an intimate partner in their lifetime.

 1 in 7 women and 1 in 18 men have

experienced stalking victimization

during their lifetime in which they felt

very fearful or believed that they or

someone close to them would be

harmed or killed.

 On a typical day, there are more than

20,000 phone calls placed to domestic

violence hotlines nationwide.

 In domestic violence homicides,

women are six times more likely to be

killed when there is a gun in the

house.

 Intimate partner violence accounts for

15% of all violent crime.

 Intimate partner violence is most

common among women between the

ages of 18-24.

All statistics courtesy of www.ncadv.org

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