Health | domestic violence 1 in 5 Women Have Been Victims of Sexual Assault CDC conducts first study for new annual report By John Johnson Posted Dec 14, 2011 6:29 PM CST Copied File photo (Shutterstock) A new CDC study—the first in what will be annual reports on violence between intimate partners—has some rough numbers, as per Bloomberg and the Washington Post: 1 in 4 women have been physically assaulted by a husband or boyfriend 1 in 5 women have been sexually assaulted at some point in their lives 1 in 6 women have been stalked 1 in 7 men have been physically assaulted by a partner About 1.3 million women were sexually assaulted in the year prior to the study Most who have experienced such violence did so before age 25 “The prevalence of sexual and intimate partner violence is staggering,” says a representative of one advocacy group. Read These Next Noem, Pritzker clash after agents shoot woman in Chicago. NFL fans see same costly gaffe two weeks in a row. A naughty rabbit kicked off the 51st season of Saturday Night Live. Trump deploys California Guard after losing in court. Report an error