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April is ...................
SEXUAL ASSUALT AWARENESS MONTH
*A sexual assualt occurs every 2 minutes in the United States
*1 in 3 girls and 1 in 6 boys are sexually abused by the age of 18
*Statistics identify teens as three and one-half times more likely than the general population to be victims of rape, attempted rape, or sexual assualt
*66% of sexual assault victims know their assailant
*80-90% of child sexual abuse victims know their assailant
*Strangers are responsible for less than 1 in 5 rapes
*At least one-half of all rapes are committed when teh rapist is under the influence of drugs or alcohol
*About 60% of sexual assaults take place in the victim's home or at the home of a friend, neighbor, or relative
*For every one rape reported to law enforcement, it is estimated that one rape goes unreported.
*Over 1/3 of the child sexual abuse cases involve children 5 years of age and younger.
*17.7 (18%) million women in the USA have been victims of rape or attempted rape.
*The USA has the highest rate of rape of any country that publishes statistics.
*The USA has 13 times higher account of rape than England and 20 times higher than Japan.
*1.3 women age 18 or older report being raped each minute in the US; 78 per hour; 1,871 per day; or 683,000 per year
*1 in 4 female college students reported being victims of attempted or completed rape. 80% of the women were victims to either boyfriends, friends, or acquaintences.
*2 of 3 victims 18-29 had a prior relationship to the rapist
*More than 60,000 rapes of woman 50 or older happen annually
*Woman 16-25 are three times more likely to be attacked than other woman
*Victims with a household capita of $7,500 or less are twice as likely to be raped compared to the general population
*14% of married woman have been raped by their husbands
*Sexual assualt occurs MOST frequantly in the following places: 40% in the victims house 20% in the home of a neighbor, friend, or relative 10% in the street 07% in parking lot or parking garage
*68% of sexual assualts happen between the hours of 6PM and 6AM