IN TEXAS
- In 2006, 120 women in Texas were killed by their intimate partners.
- Seventy-four percent of all Texans have either themselves, a family member and/or a friend have experienced some form of domestic violence.
- Forty-seven percent of all Texans report having personally experienced at least one form of domestic violence, either severe, verbal and/or forced isolation from friends and family at some point in their lifetime.
(Texas Council on Family Violence, TCFV.org)
IN THE UNITED STATES
- One in four women will experience domestic violence in her lifetime.
- An estimated 1.4 million women are victims of physical assault by an intimate partner each year.
- Almost one-third of female homicide victims that are reported in police records are killed by an intimate partner
(National Coalition Against Domestic Violence NCADV.org)
