In Minnesota:
Domestic violence is a major public safety issue in Minnesota. Over the last five years 132 women and 68 children under the age of 13 died because of domestic violence. One out of five of our daughters will experience a violent incident in a dating relationship. One out of four women will face abuse in their intimate relationships at least once at some point in their lives.
On a national level:
• On average, more than three women are murdered by their husbands or boyfriends in this country every day. In 2000, 1,247 women were killed by an intimate partner. The same year, 440 men were killed by an intimate partner. (Bureau of Justice Statistics Crime Data Brief, Intimate Partner Violence, 1993-2001, February 2003)
• Each year, 1,500,000 women and 835,000 men in the United States are raped or physically assaulted by an intimate partner. (National Institute of Justice 2000. Extent, Nature and Consequences of Intimate Partner Violence. Washington DC: US Department of Justice)
• Each year, over 324,000 pregnant women are victims of intimate partner violence in the United States. (Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. 2002. Safe Motherhood: Promoting Health for Women Before, During and After Pregnancy, 2002. Washington DC: U.S. Department of Health and Human Services)
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