Domestic Violence Facts and Figures

• Arkansas has the 5th highest rate of rape in the United States.
• An estimated 18.6% of Arkansas women will experience stalking in their lifetime.
• 1 in 3 women and 1 in 4 men have experienced some form of physical violence by an intimate partner.
• On a typical day, domestic violence hotlines receive approximately 21,000 calls nationwide.
• 72% of all murder-suicides involved an intimate partner; 94% of the victims are females.
• Only 34% of people who are injured by intimate partners receive medical care for their injuries.
• 1 in 15 children are exposed to intimate partner violence each year and 90% of these children are eyewitnesses to this violence.
• Every 9 seconds in the United States a woman is assaulted or beaten.
• In the United States, an average of 20 people is physically abused by intimate partners every minute.

Source: National Coalition against Domestic Violence