Between 1993 and 1998 children under the age of 12 resided in 43% of the households where intimate partner violence occurred.
-Bureau of Justice Statistics: Special Report "Intimate Partner Violence" by Callie Marie Rennison, Ph.D. and Sarah Welchans (BJS Statisticians), May 2000.
Approximately 1.5 million women and 834,732 men are raped and/or physically assaulted by an intimate partner annually in the United States.
-National Institute of Justice and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention: Special Report "Extent, Nature, and Consequences of Intimate Partner Violence" by Patricia Tjaden and Nancy Thoennes, July 2000.
Approximately 4.8 million intimate partner rapes and physical assaults are perpetrated against U.S. women annually, and approximately 2.9 million intimate partner physical assaults are committed against U.S. men annually.
-National Institute of Justice and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention: Special Report "Extent, Nature, and Consequences of Intimate Partner Violence"; by Patricia Tjaden and Nancy Thoennes, July 2000.
Of the estimated 4.8 million intimate partner rapes and physical assaults perpetrated against women annually, approximately 2 million will result in an injury to the victim, and 552,192 will result in some type of medical treatment to the victim. Of the estimated 2.9 million intimate partner physical assaults perpetrated against men annually, 581,391 will result in an injury to the victim, and 124,999 will result in some type of medical treatment to the victim.
-National Institute of Justice and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention: Special Report "Extent, Nature, and Consequences of Intimate Partner Violence" by Patricia Tjaden and Nancy Thoennes, July 2000.
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