Facts:

An American is sexually assaulted every two and a half minutes.

Sexual assault is down by 64% since 1994, yet there was an average of 204,370 sexual assaults in 2003-2004.

About 44% of rape victims are under age 18: about 15% are under age 12.

One in six American women has been the victim of an attempted or completed rape.

About 10% of sexual assault victims are men.

About 2/3 of sexual assaults are committed by someone who is known to the victim.

(Statistics from the National Crime Victimization Survey, 2004)

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