Prevalence of Intimate Partner Violence
According to the Centers for Disease Control’s National Intimate Partner and Sexual Violence Survey (NISVS), 36.4% of women and 33.6% of men in the United States experience physical abuse, sexual abuse, or stalking by an intimate partner over the course of their lives; 36.4% of women and 34.2% of men report psychological aggression by an intimate partner. In total, more than 12.4 million people are victims of sexual violence, physical violence, or stalking by an intimate partner each year.