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Femicide in the United States accounts for the deaths of more than five women daily, and 70% of the total deaths of women among high-income countries. [149] [150] One of the largest predictors of femicide in the United States is the appearance of physical abuse, which was found in 79% of all femicide cases in North Carolina. [151]
Femicide is the leading cause of death for pregnant and postpartum women. [4] The risk of femicide for pregnant and postpartum women is 35% greater than for nonpregnant and nonpostpartum women. [2] As of 2020, the pregnancy-associated femicide ratio was 5.23 femicides per 100,000 live births. [2]
The percentage of women who have been raped in the United States is between 15% and 20%, with various studies disagreeing with each other. (National Violence Against Women survey in 1995, 17.6% rate; [13] a 2007 Department of Justice study on rape found 18% rate [14]). About 500 women were raped per day in the United States in 2008. [10]
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In the United States, according to the Bureau of Justice Statistics in 1995, women reported a six times greater rate of intimate partner violence than men. [4] [5] [dubious – discuss] However, studies have found that men are much less likely to report victimization in these situations. [6]
Femicide is defined as the systematic killing of women for various reasons, usually cultural. The word is attested from the 1820s. [3] The most widespread form of femicide is in the form of gender-selective infanticide in cultures with strong preferences for males such as China and India.
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Violent crime rate per 100k population by state (2023) [1] This is a list of U.S. states and territories by violent crime rate. It is typically expressed in units of incidents per 100,000 individuals per year; thus, a violent crime rate of 300 (per 100,000 inhabitants) in a population of 100,000 would mean 300 incidents of violent crime per year in that entire population, or 0.3% out of the total.