Preventing Violence By Knowing the Facts

• As of October 2019, 1 in 4 children were exposed to domestic violence.

• In 2020, the COVID-19 pandemic increased stress and mental health issues, putting victims and children of domestic abuse in precarious situations.

• High rates of intimate partner violence: 43.7% of non-Hispanic Black women, 46.0% of American Indian or Alaska Native women, and 53.8% of multiracial non-Hispanic women have experienced violence, higher than Hispanic, White, and Asian women. Source: National Intimate Partner and Sexual Violence Survey, 2010.

• Nearly half of American Indian or Alaska Native men and about 4 in 10 Black and multiracial non-Hispanic men reported experiencing intimate partner violence, nearly double the rate for Hispanic and White men. Source: National Intimate Partner and Sexual Violence Survey, 2010.

• 44% of lesbian women and 61% of bisexual women, compared to 35% of heterosexual women, experienced intimate partner violence. Source: National Intimate Partner and Sexual Violence Survey, 2010.

• 26% of gay men and 37% of bisexual men, compared to 29% of heterosexual men, experienced intimate partner violence. Source: National Intimate Partner and Sexual Violence Survey, 2010.

• Approximately 4 million older Americans face abuse and neglect annually, according to the NCADV.

• 1 in 4 women and 1 in 9 men experience severe intimate partner violence, with impacts like injury and PTSD.

  • 1 in 3 women and 1 in 4 men have experienced some form of physical violence by an intimate partner.

  • 1 in 7 women and 1 in 25 men have been injured by an intimate partner.

  • 1 in 10 women have been raped by an intimate partner.

• 1 in 4 women and 1 in 7 men have been victims of severe physical violence by an intimate partner.

• 1 in 7 women and 1 in 18 men have been stalked by an intimate partner.

• Over 20,000 calls are made to domestic violence hotlines daily.

• The presence of a gun in domestic violence situations increases the risk of homicide by 500%.