Did You Know?

• An estimated total of 89,107 forcible rapes were reported to law enforcement during 1999--the lowest total since 1985. The 1999 rape rate 64 out of every 100,000 females (32.7 for 100,000 people). (http://www.fbi.gov/pressrel/pressrel00/cius99.htm)
  
  
• A national longitudinal survey concluded that 683,000 women are raped each year, and that 84% of rape victims had not reported the incident to police. (www.cdc.gov/ncipc/dvp/fivpt/spotlite/rape.htm)
  
  
• There were 28.7 reported rapes per 100,000 people in New Hampshire for 1999. (FBI, Uniform Crime Reports, 1999)
  
  
• Women are 10 times more likely than men to be the victims of sexual assault or rape. (www.rape101.com)
  
  
• One in 3 women and 1 in 11 men are sexually assaulted before the age of 18. (www.rape101.com)
  
  
• The Centers for Disease Control estimates annual medical costs and lost productivity resulting from violence against women total 5 to 10 billion dollars a year.