BY THE NUMBERS.

Byline: The Register-Guard

Twenty-five percent of women and 8 percent of men nationwide said they had been raped and/or physically assaulted by an intimate partner at some time in their lives, according to a 1995 survey, the most recent data available, the Oregon Department of Human Services reports.

Between 1997 and 2003, violence by an intimate partner accounted for 124 Oregon homicides - 17 percent of the total adult homicides in Oregon, the DHS reports. Women were five times more likely than men to be victims of homicide by a domestic partner. Nationally, one in three female homicide victims is killed by an intimate partner, compared with one in 20 male victims.

One in 10 women in Oregon between the ages of 20 and 55 said they'd been physically or sexually assaulted in the preceding five years - 85,000 women - the DHS finds, citing data from 2001-02. Thirteen percent of those women were knocked unconscious or suffered broken bones, chipped teeth or other serious injuries.

In 2003, Lane County circuit judges granted 1,190 restraining orders stemming from domestic violence. Of those, 423 were later dismissed by the petitioner, according to court records.

In 2004, judges granted 1,239 restraining orders stemming from domestic violence, and 459 were later dismissed by the petitioner. It is estimated that 90 percent of restraining orders involve current or former partners.

Eugene police arrested 232 individuals for domestic violence in 2003, and Springfield police arrested 141. Lane County sheriff's deputies issued 504 domestic violence charges (a person may receive more than one charge of domestic violence).

In 2004, Springfield police arrested 159 people for domestic violence and deputies issued 315 domestic violence charges. Eugene police statistics were not available.