AN ESTIMATED 6 OF EVERY 10 MEN (OR 60%) AND 5 OF EVERY 10 WOMEN (0R 50%) EXPERIENCE ATLEAST ONE TRAUMA IN THEIR LIVES.

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NEARLY 1 IN 5 AMERICAN ADULTS WILL HAVE A DIAGNOSABLE MENTAL HEALTH CONDITION IN ANY GIVEN YEAR.

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AN ESTIMATED 46% OF AMERICANS WILL MEET THE CRITERIA FOR A DIAGNOSABLE MENTAL HEALTH CONDITION SOMETIMES IN THEIR LIFE, AND HALF OF THOSE PEOPLE WILL DEVELOP CONDITIONS BY THE AGE OF 14.​

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CDC RESEARCH SHOWS MORE THAN 60% OF AMERICAN ADULTS HAVE EXPERIENCED AT LEAST ONE ACE (ADVERSE CHILDHOOD EXPERIENCE), AND ALMOST A QUARTER OF ADULTS HAVE EXPERIENCED 3 OR MORE ACEs, LIKLEY AN UNDERESTIMATE. 

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ACCORDING TO THE CDC, 1 IN 4 WOMEN AND 1 IN 7 MEN WILL EXPERIENCE PHYSICAL VIOLENCE BY THEIR INTIMATE PARTNER AT SOME POINT DURING THEIR LIFETIMES.
 

GLOBALLY, AN ESTIMATED 736 MILLION WOMEN---ALMOST ONE IN THREE---HAVE BEEN SUBJECTED TO INTIMATE PARTNER VIOLENCE, NON-PARTNER SEXUAL VIOLENCE, OR BOTH ATLEAST ONCE IN THEIR LIFE. 

TRANSGENDER VICTIMS ARE APPROXIMATELY TWO TIMES MORE LIKELY TO EXPERIENCE PHYSICAL VIOLENCE.

 

AFRICAN AMERICAN FEMALES EXPERIENCE INTIMATE PARTNER VIOLENCE AT A RATE 35% HIGHER THAN THAT OF WHITE FEMALES, AND ABOUT 2.5 TIMES THE RATE OF WOMEN OF OTHER RACES. HOWEVER, THEY ARE LESS LIKELY THAN WHITE WOMEN TO USE SOCIAL SERVICES OR GO TO THE HOSPITAL BECAUSE OF DOMESTIC VIOLENCE.

ONE IN 9 GIRLS AND 1 IN 53 BOYS UNDER THE AGE OF 18 EXPERIENCE SEXUAL ABUSE OR ASSAULT AT THE HANDS OF AN ADULT. FEMALES AGE 16-19 ARE FOUR TIMES MORE LIKELY THAN THE GENERAL POPULATION TO BE VICTIMS OF RAPE, ATTEMPTED RAPE, OR SEXUAL ASSAULT. 
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IN 2017, 8.5 MILLION AMERICAN ADULTS SUFFERED FROM BOTH A MENTAL HEALTH DISORDER AND A SUBSTANCE USE DISORDER, OR CO-OCCURRING DISORDERS.

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IN 2017 OVER 19.7 MILLION AMERICAN ADULTS (AGED 12 AND OLDER) BATTLED SUBSTANCE ABUSE.

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GLOBALLY 800,000 PEOPLE DIE FROM SUICIDE EVERY YEAR -- THAT'S TWICE THE NUMBER OF HOMICIDE.
 

AN ESTIMATED 17 VETERANS PER DAY DIE BY SUICIDE IN THE US.
 

AN ESTIMATED 28.8 MILLION AMERICANS, WILL HAVE AN EATING DISORDER IN THIER LIFETIME. EATING DISORDERS ARE AMONG THE DEADLIEST MENTAL ILLNESSES, SECONDLY TO OPIOID OVERDOSE

 

BIPOC WITH EATING DISORDERS ARE HALF AS LIKELY TO BE DIAGNOSED OR TO RECEIVE TREATMENT.

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AS OF 2016, THERE HAVE BEEN A REPORTED 5,712 CASES OF MISSING INDIGENOUS WOMEN IN THE US. ONLY 116 OF THOSE CASES WERE INCLUDED IN THE US DOJ'S MISSING PERSONS LISTS.

IN 2018, BLACK AMERICANS REPRESENTED 33% OF THE SENTENCED PRISON POPULATION, NEARLY TRIPLE THEIR 12% SHARE OF THE US POPULATION. HISPANICS ACCOUNTED FOR 23% OF INMATES, COMPARED WITH 16% OF THE ADULT POPULATION. 
 

ON ANY GIVEN DAY, OVER 48,000 YOUTH IN THE US ARE CONFINED IN FACILITIES AWAY FROM HOME AS A RESULT OF JUVENLIE JUSTICE OR CRIMINAL JUSTICE INVOLVEMENT. 
 

STUDIES CONSISTENTLY SHOW THAT UP TO 75 PERCENT OF YOUTH HELD IN AMERICAN JUVENILE DETENTION CENTERS HAVE A DIAGNOSABLE MENTAL ILLNESS. FURTHER, A CONGRESSIONAL STUDY CONCLUDED THAT EVERY DAY APPROXIMATELY 2,000 YOUTH ARE INCARCERATED SIMPLY BECAUSE COMMUNITY MENTAL HEALTH SERVICES ARE UNAVAILABLE. 

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AS OF JANUARY 2019, THERE WERE AN ESTIMATED 16.9 MILLION CANCER SURVIVORS IN THE US. THE NUMBER OF CANCER SURVIVORS IS PROJECTED TO INCREASE TO 22.2 MILLION BY 2030.​