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  • 1,006,970 women and 370,990 men are stalked annually in the U.S.

  • 1 in 12 women and 1 in 45 men will be stalked in their lifetime.

  •  77% of female victims and 64% of male victims know their stalker. 

  • The average duration of stalking is 1.8 years. 

  • If stalking involves intimate partners, the average duration of stalking increases to 2.2 years.

Data from Stalking in America: Findings From the National Violence Against Women Survey, 1998 (PDF)