Every nine seconds a woman is battered in this country.

   At least 1.8 million women are battered each year in the United States.

   Every 46 seconds an adult woman is forcibly raped.

   70% of men who abuse their female partners also abuse the children.

   It is estimated that 1 out of every 4 girls and 1 out of every 6 boys will be sexually abused by the time they are 18 years old.  90% of the time, the child knows their attacker.

   Each year 3.3 million children in the United States witness their mother being beaten.

   Battering is the single major cause of death to women.  More women are injured from battering every year than from car accidents, muggings, and stranger rapes combined.  50-80% of the women treated at hospital emergency rooms are there for injuries inflicted by their mother.

   Between 2000 and 4000 women are beaten to death each year in the U.S.

   Suicides of 20% of white women and 50% of black women are preceded by incidents of domestic abuse.

   Victims of domestic violence and sexual assault feel frightened, angry, helpless, depressed or ashamed.

   60% of all married women experience physical violence by their husbands at some time during their marriage.

   Only 10% of all sexual assaults are reported to the police.  When the attacker is known to the victim, only 4% are reported to the police.

   68% of boys between the ages of 11 and 20, who commit murder, kill the man who has beating their mother.

   Up to 50% of all homeless women and children in this country are fleeing domestic violence.

   80% of men who batter commit no other crimes.

   The U.S. has 4 times as many animal shelters for abused dogs and cats as it does for abused women.

   85-90% of the time, victims of rape know their attackers.  Strangers commit 10-15% of rapes.