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DOMESTIC VIOLENCE
BY THE NUMBERS
According to a 2011 report prepared for the United Nations, domestic violence in the United States a ects individuals in every racial, ethnic, religious, and age group; at every income level; and in rural, suburban, and urban communities.
15
Percentage of violent crime that is intimate partner violence
95
Percentage of domestic violence survivors who are female
98
Percentage of domestic violence perpetrators who are men
81
Percentage of women who experience violence by an intimate partner and reported signi cant impacts such as PTSD symptoms and bodily injury. All women who experience violence are more likely to report asthma, diabetes, and irritable bowel syndrome, as well as frequent headaches, chronic pain, di culty sleeping, activity limitations, poor physical and mental health.
554
People in Flathead County who led for Orders of Protection in 2015.
238
Domestic violence victims — 122 children and 116 adults — in Montana who found refuge in emergency shelters or transitional housing provided by local domestic violence programs on a sample day in September 2014.
1,200
Victims served by the Abbie Shelter in Kalispell annually. The local shelter houses an average of 100 women and children each year. Volunteers on the Violence Free Crisis Line (406-752-7273) eld an average of 2-5 calls daily and 0-3 nightly. In addition to shelter and the hotline, the organization o ers court advocacy, therapeutic and community education services.