Race

Age, Men, Race, Women

1 in 10 elderly persons suffer abuse, including sexual abuse, within a one-year period. Among those aged 60 and over, the lifetime prevalence of sexual assault is 7%.

SOURCE | ACIERNO, RON & HERNANDEZ-TEJADA, MELBA & AMSTADTER, ANANDA & RESNICK, HEIDI & STEVE, KENNETH & MUZZY, WENDY & KILPATRICK, DEAN. (2009). PREVALENCE AND CORRELATES OF EMOTIONAL, PHYSICAL, SEXUAL, AND FINANCIAL ABUSE AND POTENTIAL NEGLECT IN THE UNITED STATES: THE NATIONAL ELDER MISTREATMENT STUDY. AMERICAN JOURNAL OF PUBLIC HEALTH. 100. 292-7. 10.2105/AJPH.2009.163089.

Race, Women

It is nearly 5 times more likely for Black women who have experienced sexual violence to test positive for Human Papillomavirus (HPV) at the 12 month follow-up compared to those who don’t identify as survivors of sexual violence.

SOURCE | “WINGOOD, G. M., SETH, P., DICLEMENTE, R. J., & ROBINSON, L. S. (2009). ASSOCIATION OF SEXUAL ABUSE WITH INCIDENT HIGH-RISK HUMAN PAPILLOMAVIRUS INFECTION AMONG YOUNG AFRICAN-AMERICAN WOMEN. SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASE, 36, 784- 786. DOI:10.1097/OLQ.0B013E3181B3567E “

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