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Important Statistics
- On average, there are 321,500 victims (age 12 or older) of rape and sexual assault each year in the United States.(1)
- Ages 12-34 are the highest risk years for rape and sexual assault.(3)
- Every 68 seconds an American is sexually assaulted.
Women and Girls
Women and Girls Experience Sexual Violence at High Rates
Millions of women in the United States have experienced rape.
As of 1998, an estimated 17.7 million American women had been victims of attempted or completed rape. (5)
Young women are especially at risk. 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. (7)
Transgender
No one is immune.
21% of TGQN (transgender, genderqueer, nonconforming) college students have been sexually assaulted, compared to 18% of non-TGQN females, and 4% of non-TGQN males.(17)
