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👧 Child Sexual Abuse (Under Age 18)

  • According to the CDC:
     
    • 1 in 4 girls and 1 in 20 boys in the U.S. experience child sexual abuse at some point before age 18
       
    • About 90% of child sexual abuse is perpetrated by someone known or trusted, such as family members or acquaintances
       
    • Self-report data from 2013–2014 indicated that around 3.7 million children are exposed to child sexual abuse annually in the U.S. 



 

🏫 High‑School Age Sexual Violence (Teenagers)

  • As reported in the CDC’s 2021 Youth Risk Behavior Survey (YRBS):
     
    • 8.5% of students who had dated in the past year experienced physical teen dating violence (TDV).
       
    • 9.7% experienced sexual TDV, and 11.0% of all students reported sexual violence by anyone in the past year
       
    • Furthermore, 8.5% of students reported having ever experienced forced sex in their lifetime
       
  • The YRBS 2023 summary reports:
     
    • Nearly 2 in 10 female students experienced sexual violence in the past year.
       
    • More than 1 in 10 female students have ever been physically forced to have sex

   

🔍 Key Statistics (Lifetime Prevalence)

  • Women
     
    • ~41% have experienced contact sexual violence, physical violence, or stalking by an intimate partner in their lifetime and reported associated impacts.
       
    • Over 61 million women have experienced psychological aggression by an intimate partner.

       
  • Men
     
    • ~26% have had similar experiences in their lifetime.
       
    • Over 53 million men reported psychological aggression by an intimate partner.
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🎯 Severity & Specific Forms of Violence

  • Severe physical violence
     
    • Nearly 1 in 4 women and 1 in 7 men report severe physical violence by an intimate partner in their lifetimes.

       
  • Contact sexual violence
     
    • ~16% of women and ~7% of men report contact sexual violence (rape, made-to-penetrate, coercion, or unwanted contact).

       
  • Stalking by an intimate partner
     
    • Lifetime: 10% of women and 2% of men.
       
    • Within past 12 months: approx. 2.5% of women (~3 million) and 1.2% of men (~1.4 million).
       

 

                                              HUMAN TRAFFICKING

 

Here’s what the CDC (U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention) reports on human trafficking in the U.S., primarily focusing on sex trafficking as a public health issue—data on labor trafficking are comparatively limited.

🧵 1. CDC Definitions & Scope

  • The CDC defines sex trafficking as exploitation for commercial sex—through force, fraud, or coercion—under the Trafficking Victims Protection Act, and notes that any commercial sex involving a minor qualifies, regardless of coercion
     
  • Human trafficking—including labor and sex trafficking—is framed as a serious public health problem with short- and long-term health effects
     

📊 2. Trafficking Victim Data & Trends

National Human Trafficking Hotline / Polaris Dataset (not CDC-run, but widely used):

  • In 2024, the hotline identified 11,999 distinct trafficking cases and connected 21,865 victims to supports and services National Human Trafficking Hotline.
     
    • Of these, 6,647 cases involved sex trafficking, 2,220 involved only labor trafficking, and 1,360 involved both sex and labor trafficking National Human Trafficking Hotline.
       
  • These represent known and reported cases, not the unobserved victims or broader prevalence.
     

Historical Victim Counts (2007–2020):

  • Over 64,700 victims were reported through the hotline with high confidence during that period PMC.
     
  • An estimated 199,000 incidents of sexual exploitation of minors may occur annually in the U.S.
     

👥 3. Risk Factors & Age of Initial Exploitation

  • Most minors entering trafficking begin between age 15 and 17: around 54% first exploited at 15‑17, and 79% by age 17
     
  • Youth in foster care, experiencing homelessness, living in poverty, or having disabilities are at heightened risk. CDC also documents that women and girls are disproportionately affected—reflecting broader global figures identifying about 77% of detected victims as female Equality Now.
     

⚖️ 4. Legal & Enforcement Activity (Non-CDC Source – BJS/OJP)

  • In 2022, there were 1,656 prosecutions and 1,118 convictions for human trafficking offenses, up from lower figures in 2012. These cases included forced labor, sex trafficking, and child-specific offenses bjs.ojp.gov.

 

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