The rate of intimate partner violence in the U. S. has declined since 1993.
Intimate partner violence is the leading cause of injury to women.
If partner related violence does not stop infidelity from happening the male mate will sometimes resort to suicide instead.
The percentage of women who experience intimate partner violence at some time in their lifetime will decrease from 25 percent.
Domestic abuse, also called intimate partner violence, is a pattern of abuse used by one person to control another.
A 2010 study concluded that intimate partner violence was reported by 31% of women and 17% of men.
"It counters a certain entrenched view of partner violence as being exclusively male to female."
It is likely the most common type of intimate partner violence.
Information and research about partner violence against men.
In Belgium, almost 15 percent of women experience some form of partner violence.
