SEXUAL VIOLENCE

• In 2001, 248,000 people were raped/sexually assaulted in the United States. This represents an 8.3 percent drop over a year.89 According to victims, only 39 percent of all rape/sexual assault was reported to law enforcement agencies during 2001.90
• Law enforcement agencies across the country received 90,491 reports of forcible rape in 2001, an increase of 0.3 percent since 2000. Of these, 44.3 percent were cleared.91
• In 2001, 91 percent of victims of rape/sexual assault were female.92
• All victims of completed rape are regarded as being injured. In addition to the rape, 38 percent of female rape victims sustained an injury.93
• Only 32 percent of injured completed rape victims were treated for their injuries. For those who were treated, treatment ranged from receiving care at the scene to being admitted to a hospital.94
• Approximately 2 percent of all female murder victims in 2001 were raped prior to being killed.95
• In a study of recent female rape victims, a total of 73 percent were extremely fearful either at the time of the rape or afterwards about contracting HIV due to rape.96
• A nationally representative sample of emergency departments' treatment of rape victims found that only one-third of the victims received some type of STD (sexually transmitted diseases) screening. Of those, 35 percent received STD medication, which translates into a toal of 13 percent of those who were both screened and received STD medication.97
• About 386,000 convicted sex offenders were registered in 49 states and the District of Columbia as of February 2001, compared to 277,000 registered in April 1998.98
• A large, multi-site study of persons suffering from severe mental illness (SMI) found that 20 percent of the women reported a sexual assault in the previous 12 months, and 80 percent reported either physical or sexual assault in adulthood.99