Violence against women in the home causes more injuries to women than car accidents, muggings and rape combined. Atlanta, Centers for Disease Control, p. Every 12 seconds a woman is beaten in this country. A woman is killed every six hours. Two to four million women are battered every year.
Domestic violence is the number one cause of emergency room visits by women.
Atlanta, Centers for Disease Control, p. Four women are killed every day by their husbands or partners.