National Statistics

• "1 in 7 adult women in America - or 15.1 million women - have been forcibly raped at least once in their lifetime." ¹
  
  
  • Forcibly raped is defined as: "an event that occurred without the girl or woman's consent that involved the use of force or threat of force, and that involved sexual penetration of the victim's vagina, mouth, or rectum." ²
    
    
  • It is also important to note that "nearly one-half stated that they had been raped on two or more occasions." ³
    
    
  • Of those who had been raped, 60% of the women had been raped in childhood.
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• An estimated 1.8 million 12 to 17 year olds have been sexually assaulted.⁴
  
  
• 1 in 7 boys will be raped by age 18.⁵

Wyoming Statistics - Rape in Wyoming: A Report to the State

• 19.9%, or 1 in 5, of women has been raped at some time in their lifetime.
  
  
• Or "of the nearly 183,000 adult women living in Wyoming, over 36,000 have been raped at least once during their lives." ⁶
  
  
• Although these numbers are frightening, they are conservative:
  
  
  • Only includes adult women, does not include our female children and adolescents.
    
    
  • Includes forcible rape only (see definition above); drug-facilitated sexual assault, unconsciousness and incapacitated reasons are not included.
    
    
  • Does not include statutory rapes (non-forcible rape with an under aged child.)
    
    
  • Does not include attempted rapes.
    
    
  • Does not include rapes of men and boys.

¹ Ruggiero, K.J., & Kilpatrick, D.G. (2003). Rape in Wyoming: A Report to the State. Charleston, SC: National Violence Against Women Prevention Research Center, Medical University of South Carolina.
² Ruggiero & Kilpatrick, 2003. ³ Ruggiero & Kilpatrick, 2003.
⁴ Kilpatrick & Saunders, 1997. "National Survey of Adolescents". Kilpatrick et al. 2000.
⁵ "National Center for Victims of Crime".
⁶ Ruggiero & Kilpatrick, 2003.