Battered women report 4 million incidents of Domestic Violence yearly.
30,000 battered women go to hospital emergency rooms each year.
Battered women seek 50,000 orders of protections each week in and effort to stop abuse.
35-40% of all homeless families in major cities are fleeing domestic violence.
70% of child abuse is committed by the man of the house.
70% of the child homicides in NYC occurred in households where the mother was also being abused.
60% of all female homicides are due to Domestic Violence.
It cost 3-5 billion dollars a year in medical care to treat women of Domestic Violence.
70% of battered women report that their abusers also abused their children.
50% of all the children in foster care are there because of Domestic Violence.
85% of women in substance abuse programs are victims of Domestic Violence.
80% of all murders and serious injures are inflicted on women when they try to escape.
A boy who grows up in a home with Domestic Violence, is 100 times as likely to be an abuser as an adult.
65% of pregnant teenagers are incest survivors.
Domestic violence is a crime.
Domestic violence occurs among all races, ages, and religious. It happens to people of all educational and income levels.
Researchers estimate that 3 to 4 million women are beaten in their homes each year by their husbands or partners

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