* In the U.
S., it is averaged that 1.3 women are raped every 60 seconds. Thus,
there are 78 rapes every hour 1,872 rapes every day
56,160 rapes every month and 683,280 rapes each year.
* 17.6 of all American
women have survived a completed or attempted rape/sexual assault.
*
Approximately, 91 % of all rape victims and survivors are female, and 9%
are male.
* One out of every 10
rapes/sexual assaults occur to a male victim.
* One out
of every 4 girls will be sexually assaulted by age 18, and so will one
in every 6 boys.
* Adolescents between the
ages of 12 and 17 are 2 - 3 times more likely to be sexually assaulted
than adults.
* At the
time of the rape, 22 % of victims were under age 12, 54 % were under the
age of 18 and 83 % were under the age of 25.
* Women who were molested
or sexually abused as children, or sexually assaulted as adults are up
to 7 times more likely to be assaulted again/repeatedly.
* It is
estimated than any where from 62 % to 82 % of all rapes are committed by
someone known to the victim.
* 46 % of rapes/sexual
assaults were committed by a spouse/partner/boy/girlfriend, or someone
with whom the victim was in love. 22 % of rapes were committed by a
friend, or someone the victim knew well. 19 % were acquaintance rape.
Only approximately 4 % were committed by a stranger.
* Less than
half of all rapes/sexual assaults (Approx. 25 - 37 %) are ever reported.
* Only 2 % of all rapists
are ever convicted and imprisoned
* 93.7 % of
rapists are male, and 6.3 % are female.
* Globally, at least 1 in
every 3 women has been sexually abused, raped, or sexually assaulted at
some point in her life time.
* The
United States has the highest rape rate globally, of countries that
report such statistics. This rate is 4 times that of Germany, 13 times
higher than England, and 20 times higher than Japan.
* It is estimated that
683,000 women are raped each year in the United States.
* Over
260,000 rapes occurred in 2000.
* In 2004 - 2005, there was
an annual average of 200, 780 victims of rape, attempted rape, or sexual
assault.
* Women
with disabilities, handicaps, or other severe medical issues are raped
and/or abused at twice the rate of the general population.
* Rape/sexual assault
survivors often have medical issues that arise as a result from their
assault. Everything from Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) to
Sexually Transmitted Diseases (STD's) to suicide, eating disorders,
chronic pelvic pain, chronic vaginal infections, gastrointestinal
problems, back pain, and more.
* Rape and
sexual assault cost over $ 5.8 billion annually. These costs include $
4.1 billion in medical and psychiatric treatments, as well as lost
wages/productivity. |