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