- One in every four women will experience domestic violence in her lifetime
- A woman is battered once every nine seconds somewhere in the United States
- An estimated 3 to 4 million women in the U.S. are battered annually by husbands or partners
- 50% of teenage girls report knowing someone their own age who has been hit or beaten by a boyfriend
- Females, who are 20-24 years of age are at the greatest risk of nonfatal intimate partner violence
- Children who see family violence are more likely to attempt suicide, abuse drugs, or alcohol, run away from home, or engage in teenage prostitution, or sexual assault crimes
- Boys who witness domestic violence are twice as likely to abuse their own partners and children when they become adults
- 50% of men who frequently assault their wives also abuse their children
- Approximately 1 out of 25 elderly persons is victimized by domestic violence annually in the United States
- An estimated 3 to 4 million women in the U.S. are battered annually by husbands or partners
- Historically, females have been most often victimized by someone they knew
- Most cases of domestic violence are never reported to the police
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