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The prevalence of intimate partner abuse The United States: The prevalence of intimate partner abuse has been studied extensively in Western countries. In The United States, a recent population-based survey indicated that 30% of women have experienced violence from an intimate partner during their lives, and that 53% to 63% of these women had physical injury related to their abuse (Centers for Disease Control, 1998). In another women health's telephone survey study on the prevalence of intimate partner abuse conducted from January to July, 1995 (Centers for Disease and Control, 1998), 30% of the 3130 women interviewed reported that they had experienced partner abuse during their lifetime, 6% reported they had experienced partner abuse in the last year. The National Violence Against Women Survey in 1998 conducted by United States Justice Department estimated that 1.5 million women were raped and/or physically assaulted by an intimate partner annually in United States (United States Justice Department, 2000). Many 10 of the victims were usually victimized more than once, so...

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