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Domestic Violence Statistics - Women

• Every 9 seconds, a women is abused

• 1 in 3 women is said to have been abused sometime in their lives

• Domestic violence is the leading cause of injury in women

• 1 to 3 women are murdered everyday by their abusive partners

• Based on various reports, 55 to 95 percent of abused women never contacted organizations, law enforcement or others for help

• There are about 4.8 million intimate partner acts of domestic violence a year.

• Most women never report abuse because they believe no one can do anything to help them.

• Women, who are young, have a low income and certain minorities have higher statistics of domestic violence.

• Women ages 20-24 are at the highest risk of non-fatal domestic violence