* About undivided in four women is likely to be abused from a partner in her lifetime * Females are victims of family violence at a rate at least three times that of males * Rate of violent crimes against women committed by dint of relatives: 3.

* About undivided in four women is likely to be abused from a partner in her lifetime

* Females are victims of family violence at a rate at least three times that of males

* Rate of violent crimes against women committed by dint of relatives: 3.1 per 1,000

* For men: 9 by 1,000

* The victim in domestic violence is female in 85 percent of all reported cases

* Studies reveal that family violence appears in 2 million U.S. families

* The average age of the culprit is 31 years

* 47 percent of husbands who batter their wives do in such a manner three or more times each year

* 30 percent of women killed in the United States die at the hands of a husband or boyfriend

* There were 12043 substantiated reports of domestic violence within the Department of Defense in fiscal year 1999

* 69 percent involved mild abuse

* About 24 percent involved moderate abuse

* 6 percent involved peremptory abuse

* percent involved unknown on a levels of abuse

The National Domestic Violence Hotline at 1-800-799-7233 (SAFE) is available 24 hours a day. For more information upon preventing and detecting domestic violence fare to www.dtic.mil/domesticviolence/ index.htm.

(statistics taken from www.actabuse.com and other Internet sources)

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