BY THE NUMBERS:

1,059: Number of men, women and children who died

as a result of domestic violence in Oklahoma from 1998 to 2010. (That number rises to 1,231 when you count the death of perpetrators related to the death event, either by suicide or law The average age of victims was 33.

IN OKLAHOMA

The youngest was less than a day old;

the eldest, 91. The average age of perpetrators of domestic violence homicides was 37.

If I cant have you, no one can.

Morbid jealousy appeared in the behavior and words of 43 percent of perpetrators prior to the death event. In of the homes where the intimate partners had children, evidence of child abuse was found as well.

1 in 4

76 percent

of victims and 52 percent of perpetrators had never been arrested before.

1 in 3 of the murders 18,686

Five percent

were witnessed by children.

of perpetrators had a prior conviction for a domestic violence offense.

Of people who sought help from state certied domestic violence programs in 2009, 72 percent were women, 3 percent were men and 25 percent were children.

25,442: Number of domestic violence calls police received in 2010 Oklahoma ranked 11th in 2011 among 50
states in the number of women murdered by men.

396: Number of women and children served at the YWCA Oklahoma

County emergency shelter for domestic and sexual violence victims In Oklahoma, of men have experienced intimate partner violence.

49 percent of women and 40 percent

SOURCES: COMPILED BY THE OKLAHOMA DOMESTIC VIOLENCE FATALITY REVIEW BOARD; OKLAHOMA DOMESTIC

VIOLENCE FATALITY REVIEW BOARD; THE VIOLENCE POLICY CENTER; SOURCE: YWCA; OKLAHOMA STATE DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH