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Relevant Population Characteristics for Sexual Violence

Relevant Population Characteristics

Nationally, nearly 1 in 4 women and 1 in 26 men reported experiencing rape or attempted rape at some time in their lives. About 1 in 9 men reported being made to penetrate someone in his lifetime.1

Among adult women surveyed in 2016/2017, 43.7% of American Indian/Alaska Native women, 29.0% of non-Hispanic Black women, 28.1% of non-Hispanic White women, 19.7% of Hispanic women, and 48.0% of women of multiple races experienced an attempted or a completed rape at some time in their lives.1

In 2021, among youth in Utah, 11.4% of Hispanic youth and 7.5% of non-Hispanic White youth experienced being physically forced to have sexual intercourse. 2

1) National Intimate Partner and Sexual Violence Survey (2010). Accessed 04/04/2024: https://www.cdc.gov/violenceprevention/datasources/nisvs/index.html.
2) Youth Risk Behavioral Survey (2021). Accessed 04/04/2024: https://ibis.health.utah.gov/ibisph-view/query/result/yrbs/ForceSex/ForceSex.html.

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Violence and Injury Prevention Program, Bureau of Health Promotion, Division of Disease Control and Prevention, Utah Department of Health and Human Services, Salt Lake City, UT Telephone: (801) 538-6141. Email: vipp@utah.gov. Website: www.health.utah.gov/vipp
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