* Every 9 seconds a woman is battered in the United States.
* Eleven women die every day because of domestic violence.
* Domestic Violence is the leading cause of injury to women between the ages of 15 and 44 in the U.S.
* In 95% of all domestic violence assaults, crimes are committed by men against women.
* The FBI estimates that only one in ten incidents of family violence is ever reported to law enforcement.
* One in 3 women experience at least one physical assault by a partner during their lifetime.
* Battering accounts for 1/3 of all emergency room visits by women in the U.S.
* Approximately 1 in 5 homicides involves domestic violence. Of these, almost 9% were murders of a spouse, 6% were murders of sons or daughters by a parent, and 7% were murdered by other family members.
* At least 25% of domestic violence victims are pregnant when battered.
* Domestic violence is statistically consistent across racial and ethnic boundaries.
* Forty-four to 75% of men who abuse their intimate partners also abuse their children.
*Children under 13 were 23% of murder victims killed by a family member in 2002. The average age among children killed by a parent was 7 years, and 4 out of 5 victims killed by a parent were under age 13 (Bureau of Justice Family Violence Statistics, 2005).
* Victims who leave their batterers are at a 75% greater risk of being killed by the batterer than those who stay.
* A battered victim may leave his/her abuser 12 to 16 times before the relationship is finally ended.
* There are nearly three times as many animal shelters in the U.S. as there are shelters for women and their children.
* Abusive partners harass 74% of battered victims.
* Twenty percent of all battered women are over the age of 60.
* Sixty-eight to 90% of children are aware that domestic violence is happening in their home.
* Forty-eight percent of homeless women and children in Oregon are fleeing from domestic violence.
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