October was first declared as National Domestic Violence Awareness Month in 1989.

Did you know 1 in 3 women and 1 in 4 men have been physically abused by an intimate partner, and 1 in 5 women and 1 in 7 men have been severely physically abused by an intimate partner?

Source: The National Child Traumatic Stress Network. National Domestic Violence Awareness Month. https://www.nctsn.org/resources/public-awareness/national-domestic-violence-month.