1 in 4 girls and 1 in 6 boys are sexually abused before the age of 18.
Average age of reported sexual abuse is 9.
20% of children sexually abused are under age 8.
Almost 70% of all (even adults) reported sexual assualts are children under the age of 17.
1 in 5 children are solicited sexually on the internet.
Only 1 out of 10 children who are sexually abused report their abuse.
60% of teenager first pregnancies are preceeded by sexual abuse.
75% of teenage prostitutes were sexually abused.
Approximately 40% of child sexual abuse victims are abused by a family member.
50% are abused by someone outside the family they are acquainted with and trust.
10% are abused by strangers.
Approximately 50% of women in prison were victims of child sexual abuse.
About 75% of adults who were sexually abused as children report substance abuse problems.
Over 75% of serial rapists report they were sexually abused as children.
Almost 70% of child sex offenders have 1-9 victims, 20% have 10-40 victims.
A serial child molester may have up to 400 victims.
30% of victims of child sexual abuse never tell anyone.
It is estimated that there are between 40 and 60 MILLION survivors of child sexual abuse in the United States today.
Teenagers and young adults who have a history of sexual abuse are 3 times more likely to become depressed or suicidal than those who were not abused.
Adolescents and adults who are sexually abused in childhood are more likely to abuse drugs and alcohol and exhibit high risk sexual behaviors, than their peers.
Adolescent victims of violent crime (child sexual abuse) have a hard time maturing to adulthood, are more likely to fail financially, suffer physical injury and fail in other areas of life because of problem behaviors as a result of their abuse.
Males who have been sexually abused are more likely to violently victimize others.
Children who have been sexually abused are at greater risk of being victims or perpetrators of felony assualt, domestic violence, and property ofenses as adults.