Domestic Abuse Statistics

• Domestic violence is a serious preventable public health problem, which affect more than 32 million Americans.
  
  
• 1 out of every 3 women are physically or sexually abused at some point in their lives.
  
  
• 4 women are murdered each day by an intimate male partner.
  
  
• A woman is battered every 15 seconds.
  
  
• Homicide is the leading cause of death among pregnant women in the United States.
  
  
• Domestic violence is the leading cause of injury to women.
  
  
• Slightly more than half of female victims of intimate violence live in households with children under the age of 12.
  
  
• Domestic violence costs employers $4.1 billion in health care and related costs.
  
  
• 13.5 million workdays are lost each year due to domestic violence.
  
  
• 1.3 million women and 835,000 men are physically assaulted by an intimate partner in the United States each year.
  
  
• 1,460 women are killed each year by an intimate partner.
  
  
• 500,000 women are stalked by an intimate partner each year.
  
  
• An estimated 10 million children witness domestic abuse in their homes annually.
  
  
• Forms of Abuse
  • Physical
  • Sexual
  • Emotional
  • Verbal
  • Economic
  • Stalking
    
    
• 1 in 12 women are stalked.
  
  
• 1 in 45 men are stalked.
  
  
• 248 out of every 1000 females are victims of physical assault
  
  
• 76 out of every 1000 males are victims of physical assault
  
  
• Females between the ages of 18-24 are at the greatest risk.
  
  
• Most cases are never reported.
  
  
• Victims of domestic violence lost almost 8 million days of paid work, this loss is equivalent to more than 32,000 full time jobs.
  
  
• 1247 women are killed each year and 440 men are killed.
  
  
• 3 out of 4 Americans personally know someone who is or has been a victim of domestic violence.