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December, 2025
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Sexual violence is a serious public health problem that is associated with many negative physical and mental health conditions and health risk behaviors. This data brief presents 2023/2024 national and state-level prevalence estimates for sexual violence from CDC’s National Intimate Partner and Sexual Violence Survey (NISVS).
Key findings include:
- Women: Nearly half of women (45.1%) in the United States experienced some form of contact sexual violence in their lifetimes, with 21.0% reporting completed or attempted rape, 20.3% reporting sexual coercion, and 39.0% reporting unwanted sexual contact.
- Sexual Harassment and Technology-Facilitated Sexual Violence: Approximately 1 in 3 women in the U.S. experienced verbal sexual harassment in the workplace (30.4%), or a public place (29.5%), and more than 1 in 4 women (28.2%) experienced technology-facilitated sexual violence in their lifetimes.
- Men: More than 1 in 6 men (16.9%) in the U.S. experienced some form of contact sexual violence in their lifetimes, with 3.2% reporting completed or attempted rape, 3.8% reporting being made to penetrate someone else sexually, 6.0% reporting sexual coercion, and 13.8% reporting unwanted sexual contact.
- Sexual Harassment and Technology-Facilitated Sexual Violence: One in 14 men (7.1%) in the U.S. experienced verbal sexual harassment in a public place, 1 in 9 men (11.3%) experienced verbal sexual harassment in the workplace, and 1 in 6 men (15.4%) experienced technology-facilitated sexual violence in their lifetimes.
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