- EVERY 98 SECONDS A AMERICAN IS SEXUALLY ASSAULTED.
- A WOMEN'S CHANCE OF BEING RAPED IN THE U.S. IS 1 IN 5
- 100,000 to 140,00 MEN ARE RAPED IN AMERICAN PRISONS.
- Ages 12-34 are the highest risk years for rape and sexual assault.3
- Those age 65 and older are 92% less likely than 12-24 year olds to be a victim of rape or sexual assault, and 83% less likely than 25-49 year olds.
- 82% of all juvenile victims are female. 90% of adult rape victims are female.6
- Females ages 16-19 are 4 times more likely than the general population to be victims of rape, attempted rape, or sexual assault.3
- Women ages 18-24 who are college students are 3 times more likely than women in general to experience sexual violence. Females of the same age who are not enrolled in college are 4 times more likely.
- As of 1998, 2.78 million men in the U.S. had been victims of attempted or completed rape.5
- About 3% of American men—or 1 in 33—have experienced an attempted or completed rape in their lifetime.5
- 1 out of every 10 rape victims are male.8
- 1 in 5 women (20%) will be sexually assaulted while at college while only 4% of college men will be sexually assaulted. You can make a difference: take photos to share resources with sexual assault survivors
- 42% of college women who are raped tell no one about the assault.
- Most college victims are assaulted by someone they know.
- Rape results in about 32,000 pregnancies each year.
- 4 out of 5 rape victims subsequently suffer from chronic physical or psychological conditions.
- 40% of rape survivors develop sexually transmitted diseases as a result of sexual assault.
- Campus perpetrators are often serial offenders.
- It is estimated that only 5% of sexual assaults on college campuses are reported, making sexual assault the most under reported crime.
- 22% of women raped were under 12,54% were under the age of 18,83% were under the age 25.
- 60% of the women raped reported being raped were under 18 years old.
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