Domestic Violence Statistics

These staggering statistics are taken from the American Medical Association, Dept. of Justice, National Clearinghouse for the Defense of Battered Women

•Domestic violence affects women of all races.

•74% of employed battered women were harassed by their partner while at work.

•Homicide was the second leading cause of death on the job for women in 2000.

•More than 1 million women are stalked each year and over a quarter report missing work as a result of the stalking.

•57% of senior corporate executive believe domestic violence is a major problem in society and 66% believe their company’s financial performance would benefit from addressing the issue of domestic violence among their employees.

•Over 4 million women are victims of severe assaults by their boyfriends/husbands.

•1 in 4 women are abused in their lifetime in the U.S. Worldwide it is 1 in 3 women.

•Female victims of domestic violence are 3 times more than male victims.

•Victims of domestic violence are 85% female in reported cases. 64% are white and the average age is 31.

•Aug. 1989 to Jan, 1990 Midwestern State University did a study on a statewide mail survey of 6000 women. 50% said they had incomes above $35,000. 70% were Anglo, 10.4% African American, 9.5% Hispanic. Education profile showed that 18% had a Bachelors degree or higher.

•Women are 5-8 times more likely than men to be victimized by an intimate partner.

•As many as 324,000 women in the U.S. each year experience intimate partner violence during their pregnancy.

•Male violence against women does more damage than female violence against men.

•Women are 7-14 times more likely than men to report suffering from physical assaults from an intimate partner.

•Rate of violence occurs most frequently among those age 31 and under. It is double the rate of the next older group 31-50. Average mean age of women in shelters = 30

•42% of women in prison say they were victims of abuse (1994 Bureau of Justice Statistics