STATISTICS

• On average, nearly 20 people per minute are physically abused by an intimate partner in the United States. During one year, this equates to more than 10 million women and men. 

• 1 in 4 women and 1 in 9 men experience severe intimate partner physical violence, intimate partner contact sexual violence, and/or intimate partner stalking with impacts such as injury, fearfulness, post-traumatic stress disorder, use of victim services, contraction of sexually transmitted diseases, etc. 

• 1 in 3 women and 1 in 4 men have experienced some form of physical violence by an intimate partner. This includes a range of behaviors (e.g. slapping, shoving, pushing) and in some cases might not be considered "domestic violence."  

• 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. Data is unavailable on male victims. 

• 1 in 4 women and 1 in 7 men have been victims of severe physical violence (e.g. beating, burning, strangling) by an intimate partner in their lifetime. 

• Source: National Coalition Against Domestic Violence 

The 2020 annual ILLINOIS COALITION AGAINST DOMESTIC VIOLENCE report for the period JULY 2019 thru JUNE 2020 is a sobering reinforcement of the importance of the mission of our HOLY CROSS DOMESTIC ABUSE AWARENESS MINISTRY.