Domestic Violence Statistics
National Cost of Domestic Violence
The health-related costs of rape, physical assault, stalking, and homicide by intimate partners exceed $5.8 billion each year.
Of this total, nearly $4.1 billion is for victims requiring direct medical and mental health care services.
Lost productivity and earnings due to intimate partner violence accounts for almost $1.8 billion each year.
Intimate partner violence victims lose nearly 8.0 million days of paid work each year - the equivalent of more than 32,000 full-time jobs and nearly 5.6 million days of household productivity.
Your Corporate Peers
68% of senior executives surveyed agreed that their company’s financial performance would benefit from addressing the issue of domestic violence among its employees.
94% of corporate security directors rank domestic violence as a high security risk.
78% of Human Resource Directors identify domestic violence as a substantial employee problem.
56% of corporate leaders are personally aware of specific employees who are affected by domestic violence.
60% of senior executives said that domestic violence has a harmful effect on their company’s productivity.
The Human Factor
85-95% of all domestic violence victims are female.
Over 500,00 women are stalked by an intimate partner each year.
5.3 million women are abused each year.
1,232 women are killed each year by an intimate partner.
Domestic violence is the leading cause of injury to women.
Women are more likely to be attacked by someone they know rather than by a stranger.
Domestic Violence in the Workplace
Homicide is the leading cause of death for women in the workplace.
Of the approximately 1.7 million incidents of workplace violence that occur in the US every year, 18,700 are committed by an intimate partner: a current or former spouse, lover, partner, or boyfriend/girlfriend.
Of Battered Workers:
96% experience problems at work due to abuse
74% are harassed while at work by their abuser
56% are late to work
28% leave work early
54% miss entire days of work
