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Domestic Violence

Half of all married women in the United States are physically abused at some time in their marriage.
One in 10 teenagers will be involved in a violent dating relationship before graduating from high school.
A woman is beaten every 10 seconds.
Domestic violence is the most under-reported crime in the US
Domestic violence cuts across all socioeconomic backgrounds, regardless of race, religion, or level of education.
Battering often occurs during pregnancy
10 women a day die at the hands of their husbands or partners
Every five years the number of women in the US who die at the hands of their partners is equal to the number of males who died in the Viet Nam War.
Abused women comprise 20% of all women presenting injuries at hospital emergency rooms
Mutual Ground provides 3500 nights of shelter to women and their children each year.
Mutual Ground provides services to approximately 1700 women and children each year.

Sexual Assault

Every 5 minutes a woman is raped
One-third of all rapes occur in a woman’s home
85% of all rapes are accompanied by violence or the threat of violence
Only 7% of sexually assaulted women report rape. This makes the actual number of rapes in the US as high as 2 million a year.
One in three girls and one in five boys will be sexually assaulted or abused before age 18.
In a Cornell University questionnaire, 92% of the respondents listed sexual harassment as a serious problem. 70% had personally experienced some form of harassment
American women are 8 times more likely to be raped than European women and 26 times more likely than Japanese women.
Mutual Ground serves over 400 new clients each year, and more than 700 ongoing victims or significant others
One third of Mutual Ground’s sexual assault program clients are children between the ages of 3-13
50% of MGIs clients between the ages of 3-10 are male

These statistics were collected by the FBI and published in the Uniform Crime Report, National Clearinghouse on Domestic Violence, Bureau of Justice Statistics, US Department of Justice and the National Women’s Abuse Prevention Program.