Approximately 1.5 million women are physically assaulted by an intimate partner annually in the United States. Since many women experience multiple victimizations every year, an estimated 5.9 million physical assaults are perpetrated against U. S. women annually.
Women are the victims of intimate violence and homicide significantly more often than men.
U. S. Department of Justice, Bureau of Justice Statistics, Violence by Intimates, 2000. Each day, more than three women in the United States are murdered by a male intimate partner. U. S. Department of Justice, Bureau of Justice Statistics, Violence by Intimates, 2000. Women are more likely to be victims of homicide when they separate from their husbands. Florida Governor's Task Force on Domestic and Sexual Violence, Florida Mortality Review Project, p. 47, 1997.