More False Domestic Violence Statistics

Submitted by anthony on Sun, 2008-12-21 08:49

Article here. Excerpt:

'Economic stress is a very, very important factor in domestic violence," says Shoshana Ringel, an associate professor of social work at the University of Maryland School of Social Work and an expert on domestic abuse. Ringel says that for many couples, financial problems can "definitely push things over the line."

More than half a million Americans, almost all of them women, are abused by their partners every year, according the U.S. Bureau of Justice Statistics. Experts say the current economic crisis is so recent that there is little hard data on an increase in abuse. But the National Domestic Violence Hotline, a leading national organization located in Austin, Texas, says that in September, it saw a 21 percent increase in the number of calls it received, compared with last year. In October, the last month for which there are statistics, the rise was 18 percent.'

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Lets pretend this statement is true:

"More than half a million Americans, almost all of them women, are abused by their partners every year"

Lets now face reality. The VAST majority of military deaths in Iraq and Afghanistan are men. Does this mean the female deaths don't count?

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Submitted by anthony on Mon, 2008-12-22 03:18

A compilation of data spanning the past two and a half decades

Debunking the
‘Myth of the Male Beast’

Re: Fact versus Fiction

(aka When the Data doesn’t support the Derision)

Compiled by Vern Mills, F4J USA

What expose of popular fallacy would be proper without first broaching the topic of

“The Tragedy of Neglect, Abuse and Murder of our Precious Children”?

Dispensing with popular fallacious rhetoric, let’s look at the data. Per the United States Department of Health and Human Services, Administration for Children and Families (not exactly supermarket tabloid journalism here, wouldn’t you say?), the perpetrators of Child Maltreatment … IAW US DoH&HS-ACF Annual Child Maltreatment Reports spanning the past decade … are:

1995- Table D-5 (Maltreatment)
*Male Perpetrators of maltreatment upon children: 45,583
*Female Perpetrators of Maltreatment upon children: 74,187 (over 50% more)
1996- Table 2-7 (Maltreatment)
*Male Perpetrators of maltreatment upon children: 55,006
*Female Perpetrators of Maltreatment upon children: 85,751 (over 50% more)
1997- Table 7-1 (Maltreatment)
*Male Perpetrators of maltreatment upon children: 111,473
*Female Perpetrators of Maltreatment upon children: 184,152 (over 50% more)
Table 7-3 (Fatalities)
*Male perpetrator 129
*Female perpetrator 218 (over 50% more)
1999- Table 6-3 (Maltreatment)
*Mother 44.7% (almost 300% more)
*Father 16.1%
Mother and Father 17.0%
*Mother and other 8.2% (over 700% more)
*Father and other 1.1%
Non-parental 10%
Other 3%
Table G7-2 (Fatalities)
*Male perpetrator 238
*Female Perpetrator 361 (over 50% more)
2002- Table 5-1 (Maltreatment)
*Male Perpetrators of maltreatment upon children: 330,780
*Female Perpetrators of Maltreatment upon children: 463,358 (almost 50% more)
Table 4-2 (Fatalities)
*Mother 32.6% (294) (almost twice as many)
*Father 16.6% (150)
*Mother and Father 19.2% (173)
*Mother and other 9.1% (82) (almost 600% more)
Father and other 1.4% (13)
Non-parental 15.9% (143)
Other 5.1% (46)
2003- Table 3-16 (Maltreatment)
*Male Perpetrators of maltreatment upon children: 169,430
*Female Perpetrators of Maltreatment upon children: 285,196 (over 50% more)
Table 3-5 (Fatalities)
*Mother 40.4% (over twice as many)
*Father 18.3%
Mother and Father 17.3%
*Mother and other 6.2% (almost 600% more)
*Father and other 1.1%
Non-parental 10.7%
Other 6.0%
2004- Table 5-1 (Maltreatment)
*Male Perpetrators of maltreatment upon children: 303,604
*Female Perpetrators of Maltreatment upon children: 415,344 (almost 50% more)
Table 4-2 (Fatalities)
*Mother 31.3% (307) (over 200% more)
*Father 14.4% (141)
Mother and Father 22.7% (223)
*Mother and other 9.3% (91) (almost 800% more)
*Father and other 1.2% (12)
Non-parental 10.7%
Other 10.4%
2005- Table 3-16 (Maltreatment)
*Male Perpetrators of maltreatment upon children: 169,430
*Female Perpetrators of Maltreatment upon children: 285,196 (over 50% more)

In virtually EVERY classification of maltreatment, neglect, abuse and homicide of children, the childs mother was far and away the > MOST < likely perpetrator of maltreatment of children, with the father being the > LEAST < likely perpetrator of maltreatment of children.

While we’re on the subject of kids dying… it’s a fact: more infant males die in the first year of life than infant females.

Per the US CDC (United States Centers for Disease Control) NVSR (National Vital Statistics Report) Vol 56, No 10, 24 April 2008 Table D. Number of infant, neonatal, and post neonatal deaths and mortality rates, by sex: United States, 2004–2005 (not the high year, nor the low year… merely the year I pulled the data from):
2004 2005
Age - Sex # Deaths Rate # Deaths Rate
Neonatal Male 10,444 4.93 10,390 4.94
Neonatal Female 8,326 4.12 8,203 4.09
Post-Neonatal Male 5,574 2.63 5,328 2.53
Post-Neonatal Female 4,096 2.03 4,015 2.00
Infant Male 16,108 7.56 15,718 7.47
Infant Female 12,422 6.15 12,218 6.09
Observe: Table D clearly demonstrates a higher mortality rate for male children (tables 3 and 8 are an interesting read also).

While we’re on the topic of Myth Busting:

The Myth: “More women are killed by Domestic Violence than any other cause in America”.

The Fact: The simple truth is that in EVERY Nationality/Age grouping, more women are killed by accidents (ie unintentional injuries) than die as a result of DV/IPV (also called Homicide).

To whit: Per the US CDC (United States Centers for Disease Control) NVSR (National Vital Statistics Report), Vol. 56, No. 5, November 20, 2007 Table 1. (Deaths, percentage of total deaths, and death rates per 100,000 for the 10 leading causes of death in selected age groups, by race and sex) for the year 2004 (not the high year, nor the low year… merely the year I pulled the data from):

( A = Accidental Deaths, H = Homicide )
White Females
Age Group # Deaths A/H % Deaths A/H Causative ranking A/H
1 to 4 508 / 88 34.2 / 5.9 1 / 4
5 to 9 318 / 38 36.8 / 4.4 1 / 4
10 to 14 412 / 37 36/5 / 3.3 1 / 6
15 to 19 1,805 / 162 56.7 / 5.4 1 / 4
20 to 24 1,599 / 237 45.4 / 6.7 1 / 4
25 to 34 2,607 / 419 30.0 / 4.8 1 / 5
35 to 44 3,976 / 462 17.4 / 2.0 2 / 8
45 to 54 4,097 / Na 8.3 / Na 3 / Na
55 to 64 2,640 / Na 3.1 / Na 6 / Na
65 to 74 2,679 / Na 1.8 / Na 6 / Na
75 to 84 5,871 / Na 1.9 / Na 8 / Na
85 and over 7,808 / Na 1.9 / Na 8 / Na

Black Females
1 to 4 136 / 80 26.0 / 15.3 1 / 2
5 to 9 101 / 22 32.3 / 7.0 1 / 4
10 to 14 118 / 27 30.8 / 7.0 1 / 3
15 to 19 192 / 127 29.0 / 19.2 1 / 2
20 to 24 241 / 154 22.9 / 14.6 1 / 2
25 to 34 407 / 282 13.5 / 8.7 2 / 5
35 to 44 647 / 275 8.3 / 3.5 4 / 6
45 to 54 708 / Na 4.7 / Na 5 / Na
55 to 64 356 / Na 2.0 / Na 8 / Na
65 to 74 303 / Na 1.3 / Na 10 / Na
75 to 84 Na / Na Na / Na Na / Na
85 and over Na / Na Na / Na Na / Na

American Indian or Alaska Native Females
1 to 4 16 / 2 34.0 / 4.3 1 / 4#
5 to 9 11 / Na 44.0 / Na 1 / Na
10 to 14 17 / 2 53.1 / 6.3 1 / 4
15 to 19 44 / 7 49.4 / 7.9 1 / 3
20 to 24 48 / 7 50.5 / 7.4 1 / 3
25 to 34 78 / 7 33.3 / 3.0 1 / 6
35 to 44 99 / 8 22.1 / 1.8 1 / 8
45 to 54 65 / Na 9.4 / Na 4 / Na
55 to 64 23 / Na 2.7 / Na 7 / Na
65 to 74 43 / Na 3.9 / Na 6 / Na
75 to 84 38 / Na 3.1 / Na 7 / Na
85 and over 18 / Na 1.8 / Na 9 / Na
# Tied with ‘diseases of the heart’

Asian or Pacific Islander Females
1 to 4 17 / 3 21.0 / 3.7 1 / 5
5 to 9 14 / Na 35.0 / Na 1 / Na
10 to 14 14 / 3 29.8 / 8.4 1 / 3
15 to 19 40 / 5 42.1 / 5.3 1 / 4#
20 to 24 57 / 6 42.2 / 4.4 1 / 5@
25 to 34 69 / 23 20.1 / 6.7 2 / 4
35 to 44 78 / 15 12.2 / 2.3 2 / 6
45 to 54 84 / 21 5.9 / 1.5 4 / 7
55 to 64 70 / Na 3.4 / Na 5 / Na
65 to 74 99 / Na 2.9 / Na 5 / Na
75 to 84 126 / Na 2.4 / Na 7 / Na
85 and over 86 / Na 1.6 / Na 10 / Na
# Tied with Congenital malformations, deformations and chromosomal abnormalities
@ Tied with Cerebrovascular diseases

Hispanic Females
1 to 4 127 / 35 30.8 / 8.5 1 / 4
5 to 9 76 / 15 35.5 / 7.0 1 / 3
10 to 14 74 / 12 31.5 / 5.1 1 / 4
15 to 19 216 / 47 45.1 / 9.8 1 / 2
20 to 24 230 / 63 40.1 / 11.0 1 / 2
25 to 34 353 / 118 25.0 / 8.4 1 / 3
35 to 44 369 / 93 14.3 / 3.6 2 / 5
45 to 54 281 / Na 6.7 / Na 3 / Na
55 to 64 204 / Na 3.4 / Na 6 / Na
65 to 74 179 / Na 2.0 / Na 9 / Na
75 to 84 230 / Na 1.7 / Na 10 / Na
85 and over 200 / Na 1.6 / Na 10 / Na

Note: In EVERY nationality and in EVERY age group, ‘Death by Accidents’ (ie unintentional injuries) exceed ‘Deaths by Assault’ (ie homicide) and in fact ‘Deaths by Assault’ (ie homicide) fail to even rank in the ten leading causes of death from age 44 onward.

Nowhere, on ANY part of Table 1, does it indicate that more women are killed by violence (domestic or otherwise) than die in accidents!!!

So let’s discuss ‘injuries’ shall we?

The myth: We’ve all heard the infamous “Domestic Violence is the leading cause of injury to women between ages 15 and 44 in the United States - more than car accidents, muggings, and rapes combined”

The Fact: This is not merely untrue, it is so patently untrue that to allege it is an outright malicious lie. Here’s the data on the leading causes of injury to women between the ages of 15 and 44 in the United States in 1996 (again, not the 'high year' nor the 'low year', merely the year I pulled the data on):

Event type / Number / Per Cent
Motor Vehicle Accidents / 1,504,119 / 21.2%
Accidental Falls / 1,243,538 / 17.5%
Other and unspecified environmental and accidental causes / 1,162,272 / 16.4%
Accidents caused by cutting and piercing instruments or objects / 515,986 / 7.3%
Sports injuries / 483,223 / 6.8%
Injuries purposefully inflicted by other than spouse or intimate / 399,240 / 5.6%
Overexertion and strenuous movements / 339,014 / 4.8%
Drugs, medicinal and biological substances, in therapeutic use / 166,687 / 2.3%
Injuries purposefully inflicted by spouse or other intimate / 153,555 / 2.2%
Injuries caused by animals / 137,639 / 1.9%
Accidental poisoning by drugs / 131,928 / 1.9%
Misadventures during surgical and medical care / 124,230 / 1.7%
Suicide and self-inflicted injuries / 102,392 / 1.4%
Struck accidentally by falling object / 87,485 / 1.2%
Caught accidentally in or between objects / 74,995 / 1.1%
Foreign body accidentally entering orifice other than eye / 69,590 / 1.0%
Accidental poisoning by other solid and liquid substances, gases, and vapors / 57,846 / 0.8%
Non-transport machinery accidents / 56,455 / 0.8%
Venomous animals and plants / 50,111 / 0.7%
Accident caused by hot substance or object / 49,766 / 0.7%
Foreign body accidentally entering eye and adnexa / 47,788 / 0.7%
Other / 147,889 / 2.0%

This data is taken from the 1996 National Hospital Ambulatory Medical Care Survey Data File, which can be downloaded via ftp from the ‘National Center for Health Statistics’.
Domestic violence, referred to in the table as "Injury purposefully inflicted by spouse or other intimate", accounts for 2.2% of injuries to women in this age group.

Rather than being a greater cause of injury than "car accidents and other things combined", Domestic Violence results in only one-tenth as many injuries to women as motor vehicle accidents alone (and a paltry zero decimal one percent ahead of injuries by 'Non-Transport Machinery Accidents', 'Venomous Animals and Plants' and 'Accident Caused by Hot Substance or Object'... COMBINED!!!).

Now let’s review some more ‘blast from the past’ data shall we? Per the 1985 Family Violence Research Survey (FVRS): as reported by women, the FVRS data indicated the following percentage of spouses who engaged in domestic violence toward their mates:
Perpetrator of Violence “Minor” “Severe” “None”
Male 6.9% 4.9% 88.1%
Female 7.7% 4.4% 87.9%
As reported by men, the FVRS data indicated the following percentage of spouses who engaged in domestic violence toward their mates:
Perpetrator of Violence “Minor” “Severe” “None”
Male 9.2% 1.3% 89.5%
Female 7.5% 4.7% 87.8%
Further, the FVRS reported the following results regarding who initiated the violence:
Gender Reporting Male Initiator Female Initiator No Memory
Male 43.7% 44.1% 12.2%
Female 42.6% 52.7% 4.7%

This is authoritative research data spanning the
PAST TWENTY YEARS, consistently citing
NO MAJOR INCREASE in Male vs female DV/IPV
(relative to Female vs male DV/IPV).

Now may we PLEASE dispense with the hate mongering
rhetoric that men are such a dire threat to women???

The data simply does not support the mythos.

(In fact, there is NO data which supports the mythos).

It’s an inflammatory lie!!!
“Male-blaming can no longer be relied upon as the single explanation for the ills of society”. Linda Kelly PhD. in ‘DISABUSING THE DEFINITION OF DOMESTIC ABUSE: HOW WOMEN BATTER MEN AND THE ROLE OF THE FEMINIST STATE’ FLORIDA STATE UNIVERSITY LAW REVIEW [Vol. 30:791] 2003

I also have this tweaked into a 3 page (front and back) trifold handout, feel free to email me for it, or go to http://health.groups.yahoo.com/group/female-male/ go to [ Files ] go to [ IPV ] etc and it's at the top.
Feel free to print it and hand it out wherever the opportunity avails.

Gunner Retired

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Submitted by Gunner Retired on Fri, 2008-12-26 04:57