Family Violence Teleconference Resource Manual. Three to four million women in the United States are beaten in their homes each year by their husbands, ex-husbands or male lovers. Hearings before the U.S. Senate Judiciary Committee. August 29 and December 11, 1990. Senate Hearing 101-939.
Domestic violence ranks as one of the nation's most expensive health problems.
American Medical Association. Women of all cultures, races, occupations, income levels and ages are battered by husbands, boyfriends, lovers and partners. Massachusetts Coalition of Battered Women Service Groups. Eleven percent of all victims age 60 or older were killed by a son or daughter. Fifty percent of all homeless women and children in this country are fleeing domestic violence.