National and Regional Statistics

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1. How many?

   1. • On average, there are 433,648 victims (age 12 or older) of rape and sexual assault each year in the United States

2. What age? As the statistics show, most sexual violence victims are in the middle school-college age range.

   1. • The majority of sexual assault victims are under 30:

        • 15% of sexual violence victims are 12-17

        • 54% of victims are 18-34

        • 28% of victims are 35-64

        • 3% are 65+

      • Ages 12-34 are the highest risk years for rape and sexual assault

      • The average number of rapes and sexual assaults against females of childbearing age is approximately 250,000

      • Females ages 16-19 are 4 times more likely than the general population to be victims of rape, attempted rape, or sexual assault

      • Male students ages 18-24 are five times more likely than non-students of the same age to experience sexual violence

3. Is it only based on gender? NO. Sexual assault does not discriminate on the basis of gender. And more importantly, it is everyone's responsibility to change the rape culture in America.

   1. • 1 in every 6 American women has been the victim of an attempted or completed rape in her lifetime

      • About 3% of American men—or 1 in 33—have experienced an attempted or completed rape in their lifetime

      • 82% of all juvenile victims are female

      • As of 1998, 2.78 million men in the U.S. had been victims of attempted or completed rape

      • As of 1998, an estimated 17.7 million American women had been victims of attempted or completed rape

1. Psychological Effects

   1. • 94% of women who are raped experience symptoms of post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) during the two weeks following the rape and 30% of women report symptoms of PTSD 9 months after the rape

      • 33% of women who are raped contemplate suicide and 13% of women who are raped attempt suicide

      • Approximately 70% of rape or sexual assault victims experience moderate to severe distress, a larger percentage than for any other violent crime

2. External Effects

   1. • 84% of survivors who were victimized by an intimate partner, 79% of survivors who were victimized by a family member/close friend/acquaintance, and 67% of survivors who were victimized by a stranger experience professional or emotional issues, including moderate to severe distress, or increased problems at work or school

1. Victims of child sexual abuse

   1. • Of all victims under 18, 2 out of 3 are ages 12-17

      • One in 9 girls and 1 in 53 boys under the age of 18 experience sexual abuse or assault at the hands of an adult

2. Effects of child sexual abuse

   1. • The effects of child sexual abuse can be long-lasting and affect the victim's mental health. Victims are more likely than non-victims to experience the following mental health challenges:

        • • About 4 times more likely to develop symptoms of drug abuse

          • About 4 times more likely to experience PTSD as adults

          • About 3 times more likely to experience a major depressive episode as adults

3. Who are the perpetrators of child sexual abuse?

   1. • 93% of child victims know their perpetrator

        • • 59% of perpetrators are acquaintances

          • 34% are family members

          • 7% are strangers

      • Out of the sexual abuse cases reported to CPS in 2013, 47,000 men and 5,000 women were the alleged perpetrators

1. Is it different in NH? No.

   1. • 1 in 4 women and almost 1 in 20 men in NH have reported being sexually assaulted

      • 41% of sexual assaults are reported before age 18

      • 83% of sexual assaults occur before age 25

      • The New Hampshire Violence Against Women Survey found that 22.7% of women have been the victim of a sexual assault. These rates of sexual assault are significantly higher than those found in the National Violence Against Women Survey, in which 17.6% of women reported having been sexually assaulted

Sexual assault impacts men and women of all age groups, but young women and children of both genders are at greatest risk for sexual violence. The 62,990 individuals, who were sexually assaulted before the age of 18, would fill 875 school buses that would cover 6.6 miles if parked bumper to bumper