Domestic Violence by the Numbers
Here, some stats that might shock you — and help you.
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No More - October is Domestic Violence Awareness Month. But how much do you know about intimate partner violence? Here, some stats that might shock you — and help you encourage someone you love to seek help. By Kenrya Rankin Naasel (Photo: Michael Poehlman/Getty Images)
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Homicide by a partner - The No. 1 cause of death for Black women ages 15 to 34. (Photo: Monkey Business Images/Monkey Business/Corbis)
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24 - The number of people who experience domestic abuse every single minute in the United States, according to the Centers for Disease Prevention and Control (CDC). (Photo: Win McNamee/Getty Images)
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Nearly 25% - Percentage of women in the United States who report intimate partner violence, per the CDC. (Photo: Sharie Kennedy/LWA/Corbis)
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3 Million+ - The estimated number of children worldwide who are exposed to domestic violence each year. (Photo: JGI/Jamie Grill/Blend Images/Corbis)
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3 to 4 times - Globally, how much more likely a man is to become an abuser if he saw it in his own home as a child. (Photo: JGI/Jamie Grill/Blend Images/Corbis)
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270% - The increase in the likelihood that a woman will be killed if there is a gun in her home, per a study published in The New England Journal of Medicine. (Photo: KEYSTONE /Landov)
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35 - On average, the number of times an abuser physically assaults a woman before she files a police report. (Photo: Eric Thayer/Getty Images)
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7 - The average number of times an abused woman tries to leave her abuser before she is successful. (Photo: G & M David de Lossy/Getty Images)
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$8.3 Billion - In current dollars, the annual healthcare-related costs of domestic violence against women in the United States. (Photo: Thomas Fricke/Design Pics/Corbis)
