Lifetime Economic Burden of Intimate Partner Violence Among U.S. Adults

This study, published in the American Journal of Preventive Medicine (AJPM), examined the U.S. lifetime per-victim costs and economic burden of intimate partner violence. Based on 2017 analysis, the study showed that the estimated intimate partner violence lifetime cost was $103,767 per female victim and $23,414 per male victim. This represents a population economic burden of nearly $3.6 trillion over victims’ lifetimes. These figures are based on 43 million U.S. adults with victimization history. The AJPM article on the study noted that preventing intimate partner violence is possible and could avoid substantial costs. The findings also inform the potential benefit of prioritizing prevention and the evaluation of implemented prevention strategies.