Black women are more likely to have weapons used in their assaults when compared with white women (42.6% vs. 16.7%) and to be assaulted in the city rather than the suburbs (82.8% vs. 56.5%).

SOURCE | BOYKINS AD, ALVANZO AA, CARSON S, FORTE J, LEISEY M, PLICHTA SB. MINORITY WOMEN VICTIMS OF RECENT SEXUAL VIOLENCE: DISPARITIES IN INCIDENT HISTORY. J WOMENS HEALTH (LARCHMT). 2010 MAR;19(3):453-61. DOI: 10.1089/JWH.2009.1484.

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