Domestic Violence kills 10 women every day in the United States.

A woman is battered every nine seconds in the United States.

73% of family violence victims are female.

Over 50% of battered women in shelters have reported the presence of child abuse in their homes.

About 75% of all family violence occurred in or near the victim's home.

In 70% of the families in which the wife is abused, there is also physical abuse of the children.

Nearly 50% of the households where Domestic Violence occurs there are children under 12 years old.

The average age among sons or daughters killed by a parent was 7 years old.

4 out of 5 child victims killed by a parent were under the age of 13.

Battered women are parenting 67% of abused children.

Of the abused children, they are three times more likely to have been abused by their fathers.

Domestic Violence is widespread and occurs among all socioeconomic groups.
 

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