Devastating Statistics:

  • On average, about 20 people are physically abused by an intimate partner every minute in the United States. This equates to more than 10 million women and men per year.
    We were able to find these devastating statistics on the National Coalition Against Domestic Violence website. For more, check out their statistics page: https://ncadv.org/STATISTICS

  • 1 in 4 women and 1 in 7 men have been victims of severe physical violence (e.g. beating, burning, strangling) by an intimate partner in their lifetime.
    We were able to find these devastating statistics on the National Coalition Against Domestic Violence website. For more, check out their statistics page: https://ncadv.org/STATISTICS

  • 1 in 7 women and 1 in 18 men have been stalked by an intimate partner during their lifetime to the point in which they felt very fearful or believed that they or someone close to them would be harmed or killed.
    We were able to find these devastating statistics on the National Coalition Against Domestic Violence website. For more, check out their statistics page: https://ncadv.org/STATISTICS

  • Women between the ages of 18-24 are most commonly abused by an intimate partner.
    We were able to find these devastating statistics on the National Coalition Against Domestic Violence website. For more, check out their statistics page: https://ncadv.org/STATISTICS

  • 72% of all murder-suicides involve an intimate partner; 94% of the victims of these murder-suicides are female.
    We were able to find these devastating statistics on the National Coalition Against Domestic Violence website. For more, check out their statistics page: https://ncadv.org/STATISTICS

  • 19% of domestic violence involves a weapon.
    Domestic victimization is correlated with a higher rate of depression and suicidal behavior.
    We were able to find these devastating statistics on the National Coalition Against Domestic Violence website. For more, check out their statistics page: https://ncadv.org/STATISTICS

  • 1 in 15 children are exposed to intimate partner violence each year, and 90% of these children are eyewitnesses to this violence.
    We were able to find these devastating statistics on the National Coalition Against Domestic Violence website. For more, check out their statistics page: https://ncadv.org/STATISTICS