STATICTICS - DON'T BECOME ONE

Did You Know?

• In the United States, a woman is beaten every nine seconds by an intimate or former partner.
  National Coalition Against Domestic Violence

• Approximately 95% of domestic violence victims are women.
  National Bureau of Justice Statistics

• 22 - 35% of women who visit medical emergency rooms are there for injuries related to on going abuse.
  American Medical Association. 5 issues in American Health. Chicago 1991

• As violence against women becomes more severe and more frequent in the home, children experience a 300% increase in physical violence by the batterer.
  M. Strauss and R. Gelles, Physical Violence in American Families, 1990

• 80% of violent juvenile and adult prisoners experienced domestic violence as children.
  National Bureau of Justice Statistics

• Boys who have witnessed abuse of their mothers are 10 times more likely to abuse their female partners as adults.
  National Bureau of Justice Statistics

• Studies by the Surgeon General's office reveal that domestic violence is the leading cause of injury to women between the ages of 15 and 44, more common than automobile accidents, muggings, and cancer deaths combined. Other research has found that half of all women will experience some form of violence from their partners during marriage, and that more than one-third are battered repeatedly every year.
  Journal of American Medical Association, 1990

• Women who leave their batterers are at 75% greater risk of severe injury or death than those who stay.
  Barbara Hart, National Coalition Against Domestic Violence, 1988

• Every year, domestic violence results in almost 100,000 days of hospitalizations, almost 30,000 emergency department visits, and almost 40,000 visits to a physician.
  American Medical Association. 5 issues American Health. Chicago 1991

• In President Bill Clinton's address declaring October to be Domestic Violence Awareness Month, the President cited a recent study which found that statistically, 30% of all female homicide victims were known to have been killed by husbands, ex-husbands, or boyfriends.

• Each year, medical expenses related to domestic violence costs business $3 to $5 billion. Businesses forfeit another $100 million in lost wages, sick leave, absenteeism and non-productivity.
  Domestic Violence for Health Care Providers, 3rd Edition, Colorado Domestic Violence Coalition, 1991

• It is estimated that 25% of workplace problems such as absenteeism, lower productivity, turnover and excessive use of medical benefits are due to family violence
  Employee Assistance Providers /MN