Domestic Violence

• Domestic violence is the leading cause of injury to women.
• Approximately 1.3 million women and 835,000 men in the United States are physically assaulted by an intimate partner each year.
• Eighty-four percent of spousal abuse victims and 86 percent of dating partner abuse victims are female.
• Males commit 83 percent of spouse murders and 75 percent of dating partner murders.
• More than 500,000 women are stalked by an intimate partner each year.

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