It is estimated that 503,485 women are stalked by an intimate partner each year in the United States.
Each year, 1 million women suffer nonfatal violence by an intimate partner.
28% of all annual violence against women is perpetrated by intimates.
90 – 95% of domestic violence victims are women.
70% of intimate homicide victims are female.
Nearly 1/3 of American women report being physically or sexually abused by a husband or boyfriend at some point in their lives.
Battered women comprise 20-30% of ambulatory care patients
37% of women injured by violence and treated in an emergency room were injured by an intimate
17% of those who visit emergency rooms for treatment are documented as having come as a result of being injured by an intimate
Victims of domestic violence often conceal the cause of their injuries
These statistics are mainly about physical abuse, because only physical abuse can be seen. But there are many kinds of abuse, even more insidious than physical abuse, because they destroy a woman's spirit, and will to live.