NEWS
Cost of Intimate Partner Violence in USA, CDC, April, 2003
Costs of Intimate Partner Violence Against Women in the United States Congress funded CDC to conduct a study to obtain national estimates of the occurrence of IPV-related injuries, to estimate their costs to the health care system, and to recommend strategies to prevent IPV and its consequences. The health-related costs of rape, physical assault, stalking, and homicide by intimate partners exceed $5.8 billion each year. Of this total, nearly $4.1 billion are for direct medical and mental health care services and productivity losses account for nearly $1.8 billion. This report describes briefly the development of the requested study; presents findings for the estimated incidence, prevalence, and costs of nonfatal and fatal IPV; identifies future research needs; highlights CDC's research priorities for IPV prevention.

Press Release - http://www.cdc.gov/od/oc/media/pressrel/r030428.htm
Report - http://www.cdc.gov/ncipc/pub-res/ipv_cost/ipv.htm

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