The United States
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention runs the National Intimate Partner and Sexual Violence Survey, which is the closest thing the country has to a census of this harm. The survey counts men as well as women, and it counts stalking and psychological aggression alongside physical injury.
More than 1 in 3
women in the United States, nearly 43.5 million, have experienced contact sexual violence, physical violence or stalking by an intimate partner in their lifetime
CDC, About Intimate Partner ViolenceMore than 1 in 6
men in the United States, 20.7 million, have experienced contact sexual violence, physical violence or stalking by an intimate partner in their lifetime
CDC, About Intimate Partner Violence$103,767
estimated lifetime cost per female victim of intimate partner violence, and $23,414 per male victim
Peterson et al., cited in CDC NISVS 2023/2024 data brief1 in 6
adults aged 60 and over experienced abuse in a community setting in the past year, and rates of elder abuse rose during the COVID-19 pandemic
WHO, Abuse of older people