– There were 14,123 domestic violence criminal cases filed in the Colorado county courts in 2006. (8)

– Almost half of all murders in Colorado are committed by an intimate partner. The vast majority of these victims are female. (8)

– 41 people died as a result of domestic violence in 2006. Two of the victims were children. (8)

– According to the Colorado Department of Corrections, 85% of incarcerated sex offenders knew the person they victimized.

– One in every four women will experience domestic violence in her lifetime. (1)

– Females who are 20-24 years of age are at the greatest risk for intimate partner violence. (2)

– One in six women and one in 33 men have experienced an attempted or completed rape. (3)

– Almost one-third of female homicide victims that are reported in police records are killed by an intimate partner. (4)

– Nearly 7.8 million women have been raped by an intimate partner at some point in their lives. (5)

– Witnessing violence between one’s parents or caretakers is the strongest risk factor of transmitting violent behavior from one generation to the next. (6)

– The cost of intimate partner violence exceeds $5.8 billion each year, $4.1 billion of which is for direct medical and mental health services. (7)