• Every 15 seconds in this country, a woman is beaten by her husband or boyfriend.

- Journal of the American Medical Association, Vol. 273, page 22

• Domestic violence is a leading cause of serious injury to women; it accounts for three times more emergency room visits than car accidents and muggings
  combined.

- The Prevalence of Domestic Violence in California, A. Burgarin, 2002

• One out of every three women who are murdered in this country is killed by her husband or boyfriend.  Sadly, more than 6,000 women will die, this year, as a
  result of domestic violence.

- Department of Justice

• Nearly one in three adult women experience at least one physical assault by a partner during adulthood.

- Report of the American Psychological Association President Task Force on Violence and the Family, APA, 1996

• Each year, an estimated 3.3 million children are exposed to violence by family members against their mothers or female caregivers.

- Report of the American Psychological Association President Task Force on Violence and the Family, APA, 1996

• More than half of those who batter their partner also abuse their children. 

- Family Violence Prevention Fund

• Juvenile criminal offenders are four times more likely to come from homes where domestic abuse is prevalent, and girls who come from violent homes are six and
  a half times more likely to be sexually assaulted.

- Department of Justice

• A child’s exposure to a father abusing a mother is the strongest risk factor for transmitting violent behavior from one generation to the next.

- Report of the American Psychological Association President Task Force on Violence and the Family, APA, 1996

• One study reports that 27 percent of domestic homicide victims are children. 
  Ninety percent of these homicide victims are under age 10; 56 percent are
  under age 2.

- Florida Governor’s Task Force on Domestic and Sexual Violence, 1997

• As a nation, we spend nearly $5 billion each year on medical treatment for the victims of domestic abuse and another $100 million in lost wages, sick leave, absenteeism and non productivity.

- Department of Justice

• Forty percent of teenage girls age 14-17 report knowing someone their age
  who has been hit or beaten by a boyfriend.

- U.S. Department of Justice, March, 1998