2 women die from domestic violence every week
50% of all marriages experience one or more episodes of domestic violence.
In 20% of all marriages, this domestic violence is ongoing.
In the U.S., a woman is battered every 10 seconds.
More than a third of the women treated for violent injuries in U.S. emergency rooms have been hurt by their husband or an intimate partner.
Male victims of violence are more likely to be injured by a stranger than by someone they know. Female victims of violence, in contrast, are much more likely to be injured by an intimate partner than by a stranger.
Each day in the United States, about four women are killed by an intimate male partner.
A woman is five times more likely to be assaulted in her own home than on the street.
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