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Facts and Stats

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The Facts are Staggering:

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• There are more than 42 million survivors of sexual abuse in America. (National Association of Adult Survivors of Child Abuse)

• 1 in 6 girls is sexually abused before the age of 18. (The Advocacy Center)

• 1 in 8 boys is sexually abused before the age of 18. (The Advocacy Center)

• 1 in 5 children is solicited sexually while on the Internet before the age of 18. (National Children’s Alliance: Nationwide Child Abuse Statistics)

• 30% of sexual abuse is never reported. (Child Sex Abuse Prevention and Protection Center)

• Nearly 70% of all reported sexual assaults (including assaults on adults) occur to children age 17 and under. (Children’s Advocacy Center)

• 90% of child sexual abuse victims know the perpetrator in some way. (U.S. Department of Justice)

• Approximately 20% of the victims of sexual abuse are under age eight. (Broward County)

• 95% of sexual abuse is preventable through education. (Child Molestation Research and Prevention Institute)

• 38% of the sexual abusers of boys are female. (Broward County)

• There is worse lasting emotional damage when a child’s sexual abuse started before the age of six and lasted for several years. Among child and teen victims of sexual abuse, there is a 42 percent increased chance of suicidal thoughts during adolescence. (American Counseling Association)

• “More than 90% of individuals with a developmental delay or disability will be sexually assaulted at least once in their lifetime.” (Valenti-Heim, D.m Schwartz L.)

• “There are nearly half a million registered sex offenders in the U.S. – 80,000 to 100,000 of them are missing.” (The National Center for Missing and Exploited Children)

• “A typical pedophile will commit 117 sexual crimes in a lifetime.” (National Sex Offenders Registry)