*These estimates are based on the UIC student body composition
in 2003. It is also possible that one person may have
experienced multiple forms of interpersonal violence either in
different incidents or within the same incident. **For an
executive summary of the full 2002 NCHA UIC survey visit:
http://tigger.uic.edu/~jimd/UICExecSummary.pdf Rates of
Victimization Nearly one-third of American women (31 percent)
report being physically or sexually abused by a husband or
boyfriend at some point in their lives. Commonwealth Fund
survey, 1998 It is estimated that 503,485 women are stalked by
an intimate partner each year in the United States . National
Institute of Justice, July 2000 Estimates range from 960,000
incidents of violence against a current or former spouse,
boyfriend, or girlfriend each year to 4 million women who are
physically abused by their husbands or live-in partners each
year. Violence by Intimates: Analysis of Data on Crimes by
Current or Former Spouses, Boyfriends, and Girlfriends, U.S.
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