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Selected U.S. National Research Findings
Below are selected national women's health research findings and facts related to violence. This information is selected text from articles or documents. Please view the source documents below
each bulleted section to determine the exact context.
For more resources on this topic, visit: Violence: Women’s Health Topics A-Z
http://www.cdc.gov/women/az/violence.htm
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In 2002, Non-Hispanic blacks had substantially more years of potential
life lost than non-Hispanic whites for homicide (nine times as many).
Source:
Health Disparities
Experienced by Black or African Americans- United States
http://www.cdc.gov/mmwr/preview/mmwrhtml/mm5401a1.htm
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• Among females, approximately 1 in 3 homicides are intimate partner homicides.
Source: Surveillance of Homicide Among Intimate Partners - United States, 1981 – 1998
http://www.cdc.gov/mmwr/preview/mmwrhtml/ss5003a1.htm
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• Sexual assault was the fourth leading cause of violence-related, nonfatal
injury-related emergency department visits; the nonfatal rate of sexual assault for females was 4.8 times higher than that for males.
Source: Estimates of Nonfatal Injuries Treated in Hospital Emergency Departments-U.S.,
2000
http://www.cdc.gov/mmwr/preview/mmwrhtml/mm5017a4.htm
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• The majority (55.4%) of adults aged >60 years who were
examined in emergency departments were men.• Compared with persons aged 20-59 years, a greater proportion of older assault victims
[treated in hospital emergency departments] were women, had
fractures and were hospitalized at the time of diagnosis; however, these differences were not statistically significant.
Source: Public Health and Aging: Nonfatal Physical Assault-Related Injuries
Among Persons Aged >60 Years Treated in Hospital Emergency Departments- United States, 2001
http://www.cdc.gov/mmwr/preview/mmwrhtml/mm5234a2.htm
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| • Nonfatal physical (i.e., nonsexual) assault-related injuries occurred
disproportionately among males, adolescents, and young adults, particularly among black males. • Although sexual assaults accounted for a small
proportion (females: 8%, males: 1%) of all assault-related injuries, the rate of emergency department visits for sexual assault-related
injuries was five times higher for females (38.2 per 100,000 population) than for males (7.6).
• The physical assault rate was approximately 77% higher for males than for females.
• Males and females aged 20-24 years had the highest injury rates per 100,000 persons
(1,848 and 1,122, respectively) among all age groups.
• Although males had higher rates of being struck or injured with a sharp instrument than
females, the rate of being bitten was comparable for males and females.
• Although men were far more likely to be assaulted or killed than women, the ratio of
nonfatal injuries to homicides was higher for females (144:1) than for males (78:1).
Source: Nonfatal Physical Assault-Related Injuries Treated in Hospital Emergency
Departments-United States, 2000
http://www.cdc.gov/mmwr/preview/mmwrhtml/mm5121a3.htm
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