Additional Sexual Assault Statistics and Links:
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Only about 16% of victims of sexual assault ever report their victimization
to law enforcement (Rape in America, 1992).
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In the federally funded 1998
National Violence Against Women study (NVAW), 1 in 6 women and 1 in
33 men in the U.S. reported experiencing a completed or attempted rape
at some time in their life. Of these women, 22% were under 12 and
32% were ages 12 to 17.
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Approximately 302,100 women and 92,700 men are forcibly raped each year
in the United States (NVAW).
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An estimated 12.1 million women have been raped at least once in their
lifetime. Of these, 39% (4.7 million) had experienced more than one
rape (Rape in America, 1992).
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Only about 4% of rape victims sustained serious physical injuries as a
result of their rape; 70% reported no physical injuries (Rape in America,
1992).
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Most sexual assaults are committed by someone known to the victim.
In 90% of the rapes of children less than 12 years old, the child knew
the offender, according to police-recorded incident data. Among victims
18 to 29 years old, two-thirds had a prior relationship with the rapist
(Sex Offenses and
Offenders, Bureau of Justice Statistics, 1997).
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Women raped before age 18 are twice as likely as those who have not been
raped as a child to be raped again as an adult (NVAW).
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Rape victims are 9 times more likely than non-victims to have attempted
suicide (Heise, 1992).
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62% of pregnant and parenting adolescents had experienced contact molestation,
attempted rape, or rape prior to their first pregnancy (Boyer & Fine,
1993).
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