NATIONAL CONTEXT
Nearly 2.2 million people have called local and national domestic violence hotlines in 2004, and 2 million injuries and 1,300 deaths are caused each year as a result of domestic violence nationally. One percent of all women (age greater than 18) who participated in a UN national study in 1995–96, who may or may not have been married or partnered, were victims of domestic abuse within the previous 12 month period.
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