at means roughly four (4) million women, annually. In 1994, a report in MS Magazine produced the following annual statistics pertaining to domestic violence: 100,000 cases requiring hospitalization, 30,000 cases requiring emergency room visits, and 40,000 cases requiring a visit to a physician. At the time this represented an annual "investment" in domestic violence of at least $3 billion (Shabazz).
A woman is battered every 12-15 seconds in the United States. This fact represents the single largest cause of personal physical injury to women between the ages of 15 and 44 in the United States. This becomes even more significant when the tally represents more than the combined occurrences of car accidents, muggings, and rapes. Additional statistics include the following("Domestic Violence Facts Sheet"):
As violence becomes more frequent in the home, children experience a 300% increase in physical violence by the male abuser.
63% of the young men between ages 11 and 20 who are serving time for homicide have killed their mother's abuser.
37% of the women who have been physically battered by thei
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