Statistics

• Every day three women are murdered by their intimate partners.
• 61 percent of women murdered by males where killed by husbands or male partners.
• 20 percent of teenage girls and young women have experienced some form of dating violence.
• Half of men who abuse their wives also abuse their children.
• When an intimate partner inflicted an injury upon a woman, she reported the violence to the police only 55% of the time.
• Up to 13 million children a year witness domestic violence.
• Every year, almost 6% of California’s women suffer physical injuries from domestic violence.
• Abuse in relationships exists among all classes, races and cultural groups, although women between ages 16 and 24 are nearly three times more vulnerable to intimate partner violence.
• Nearly 20% of women who went hungry because they couldn't afford to buy food were also a victim of intimate partner violence.
• Domestic violence in the United States costs an estimated $67 billion annually.