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• One in 4 women and one in 7 men will experience domestic violence at some point in their lifetimes.
• Women are more likely to be killed by an intimate partner than men.
• Domestic violence is the leading cause of injury to women – more than car accidents, muggings and rapes combined.
• Survivors of domestic violence face high rates of depression, sleep disturbances, anxiety, flashbacks and other emotional distress.
• Without help, boys who witness domestic violence are far more likely to become abusers of their partners and/or children as adults, continuing the cycle of violence into the next generation.
• Domestic violence costs more than $37 billion a year in law enforcement involvement, legal work, medical and mental health treatment, and lost productivity at companies.

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