Domestic violence is the leading cause of injury to women between the ages of 15 and 44 in the United States, more than car accidents, muggings, and rapes combined.
There are 1500 shelters for battered women in the United States. There are 3800 animal shelters.
Three to four million women in the United States are beaten in their homes each year by their husbands, ex-husbands, or lovers.
 
One woman is beaten by her husband or partner every 15 seconds in the United States.
One in every four women will experience domestic violence in her lifetime.
Police are more likely to respond within 5 minutes if an offender is a stranger than if an offender is known to be a female victim.
Battering occurs among people of all races, ages, socio-economic classes, religious affiliations, occupations, and educational backgrounds.
25% - 45% of all women who are battered are battered during pregnancy.
Witnessing violence between one’s parents or caretakers is the strongest risk factor of transmitting violent behavior from one generation to the next.
Boys who witness domestic violence are twice as likely to abuse their own partners and children when they become adults.
30% to 60% of perpetrators of intimate partner violence also abuse children in the household.
One in ten calls made to alert police of domestic violence is placed by a child in the home. One of every three abused children becomes an adult abuser or victim.
The average prison sentence of men who kill their women partners is 2 to 6 years. Women who kill their partners are, on average, sentenced to 15 years.
Women accounted for 85% of the victims of intimate partner violence, men for approximately 15%.
Women of all races are about equally vulnerable to violence by an intimate partner.
Nearly three out of four (74%) of Americans personally know someone who is or has been a victim of domestic violence. 30% of Americans say they know a woman who has been physically abused by her husband or boyfriend in the past year.