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• 1 in 3 women and 1 in 4 men have experienced a form of physical violence by an intimate partner within their lifetime (Statistics ncadv.org)
• 1 in 4 women and 1 in 7 men ages 18 and older have been the victim of severe intimate partner violence within their lifetime (Statistics ncadv.org)
• Domestic violence is the leading cause of injury to women– more than car accidents, muggings and rapes combined (11 Facts About Domestic And Dating Violence | DoSomething.org)
• On average, there are more than 20,000 phone calls placed to domestic violence hotlines every day nationwide (Statistics ncadv.org)
• Every 9 seconds a woman is beaten (Domestic Violence Statistics – Domestic Violence Statistics)
• At least 20 people per minute are victims of physical abuse, rape or stalking by an intimate partner–over 10 million women and men per year (Statistics ncadv.org)
• The presence of a gun in a domestic violence situation increases the chance of homicide by 500% (Statistics ncadv.org)
• Every day in the U.S. more than 3 women are murdered by their husbands or boyfriend (Domestic Violence Statistics – Domestic Violence Statistics)
• Children who grow up in violent homes are 15x more likely to be physically abused or sexually assaulted than the national average (Domestic Violence Statistics – The Hotline)
• 1 in 15 children are exposed to intimate partner violence every year. 90% of those children are eyewitnesses to the violence. (Statistics ncadv.org)
• Nearly 1.5 million high school students nationwide experience physical abuse from a dating partner (Dating_Abuse_Statistics.pdf loveisrespect.org)
• Victims of intimate partner violence lose a total of 8.0 million days of paid work each year– the equivalent to more than 32,000 full-time jobs (Costs of Intimate Partner Violence Against Women in the United States cdc.gov)
• 44% of lesbian women, 61% of bisexual women, and 35% of heterosexual women experienced rape, physical violence, and/or stalking by an intimate partner in their lifetime (Domestic Violence and the LGBTQ Community ncadv.org)
• 26% of gay men, 37% of bisexual men, and 29% of heterosexual men experienced rape, physical violence, and/or stalking by an intimate partner at some point in their lifetime (Domestic Violence and the LGBTQ Community ncadv.org)
• Transgender victims are more likely to experience intimate partner violence in public, compared to those who do not identify as transgender (Domestic Violence and the LGBTQ Community ncadv.org)
• Victims of digital abuse and harassment are twice as likely to be physically abused, twice as likely to be psychologically abused, and five times as likely to be sexually coerced. (Domestic Violence Statistics – The Hotline)