QUICK FACTS ON DOMESTIC VIOLENCE

      One in every four women will experience domestic violence in her       lifetime.

 

    An estimated 1.3 million women are victims of physical assault by an       intimate partner each year.

   Virtually all sociological data shows women initiate domestic violence       as often as men, that women use weapons more than men, and that       38% of injured victims are men.

 

    Every year, 834,732 men are victims of physical violence by their       significant other.

   In most cases, men are more deeply affected by emotional abuse       than physical abuse. Women tend to inflict mental and emotional       abuse and are typically more "brutal" than men.  On the other hand,       men tend to inflict physical abuse more brutally than women.

 

   The majority (73%) of family violence victims are female. Females       were 84% of spousal abuse victims and 86% of abuse victims at the       hands of a boyfriend.

    Individuals who are controlling of their partners are much more likely       to also be physically assaulted, and this holds equally for both male       and female perpetrators.

 

    People with lower annual income (below $25K) are at a 3-times       higher risk of intimate partner violence than people with higher       annual income (over $50K)

    The cost of intimate partner violence exceeds $5.8 billion each year,       $4.1 billion of which is for direct medical and mental health services.

 

    Boys who witness domestic violence are twice as likely to abuse their       own partners and children when they become adults.

    40- 60% of men who abuse women also abuse their children.

 

   78% of adolescents exposed to the full spectrum of Family Violence         reported involvement in violent delinquent acts.

   Children from violent homes have higher risks of alcohol/drug abuse      and juvenile delinquency.

 

        Approximately 3.3-10 million children witness some form of domestic           violence annually.

   Children in homes where domestic violence occurs are physically      abused or seriously neglected at a rate of 1500% higher than the      national average in the general population.


 

   It is estimated that approximately 2 million Americans, age 65 or             older, have been injured, exploited, or otherwise mistreated by                someone on whom they depended for care or protection.


 

   In domestic settings, only 1 in 14 incidents of elder abuse, excluding      incidents of self-neglect, come to the attention of authorities.

 

   It is estimated that at least 5 million Americans age 65 or older suffer      financial abuse each year.