The fact that so many women in the prime of their life are killed by their partners is shocking in its own right.
From the
UK Home Office website (although it is a global figure as stated):
Quote:
Facts & figures
Although domestic violence is chronically under reported, research estimates that it:
- accounts for 16% of all violent crime (Source: Crime in England and Wales 04/05 report)
- has more repeat victims than any other crime (on average there will have been 35 assaults before a victim calls the police)
- costs in excess of £23bn a year
- claims the lives of two women each week and 30 men per year
- is the largest cause of morbidity worldwide in women aged 19-44, greater than war, cancer or motor vehicle accidents
- will affect 1 in 4 women and 1 in 6 men in their lifetime
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