Statistics of Domestic Violence

There is no typical victim. Domestic Violence occurs among all ages, races, sexual orientation, religion, gender, socio-economic classes, and education levels. It can also happen in both opposite- sex and same-sex relationships. Domestic Violence does not discriminate if you are married, living together, or just dating.

In United States

• Domestic violence is the single largest cause of injury to women between the ages of 15 and 44 in the United States, more than muggings, car accidents, and rapes combined. (Annals of Emergency Medicine).
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• Each year between 2 million and 4 million women are battered, and 2,000 of these battered women will die of their injuries (Annals of Emergency Medicine).
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• The health-related costs of rape, physical assault, stalking and homicide committed by intimate partners exceed $5.8 billion each year. Of that amount, nearly $4.1 billion are for direct medical and mental health care services, and nearly $1.8 billion are for the indirect costs of lost productivity or wages (Costs of Intimate Partner Violence Against Women in the United States, April 2003).
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• Three in four women who reported they had been raped and/or physically assaulted since age 18 said that a current or former husband, cohabiting partner, or date committed the assault (Incidence, and Consequences of Violence Against Women: Findings from the National Violence Against Women Survey).
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• 1,006,970 women and 370,990 men are stalked annually in the United States. (Stalking Resource Center)

In Texas

• HHSC estimates that 982,916 Texas women were battered in 2006. (Texas Council on Family Violence) (The Texas Department of Public Safety).
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• More than 800 Texas women were killed by an intimate partner from 1998-2005. (Texas Council on Family Violence)
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• 74% of all Texans have either themselves, a family member and/or a friend experienced some form of domestic violence (The Texas Council on Family Violence, 2002).
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• 73% of all Texans believe that domestic violence is a serious problem in Texas (The Texas Council on Family Violence).