Medical costs from domestic violence total at least $3 to $5 billion annually. At least another $100 billion can be added to the cost to businesses in lost wages, sick leave, non-productivity, and absenteeism .

"Domestic Violence for Health Care Providers," report (Denver: Colorado Coalition Against Domestic Violence, 1991).

Each year, domestic violence leads to 100,000 days of hospitalization, 301,000 emergency room visits, and almost 40,000 visits to a physician.

"Five Issues in American Health", report, American Medical Association, 1991.

Some estimates place the price tag companies in America pay for violence in the home as high as $5 billion.

Article titled, "Domestic Violence and the Workplace", from the Family Violence Prevention Fund Web Page.

According to a 1996 National Institute of Justice study, domestic crime against adults accounts for almost 15 percent of total crime costs--$67 billion per year.

Web page www.gotech.net/dv/info.html dated 9-14-00.

In a 1994 survey of senor executives of Fortune 1,000 companies, 66 percent of the respondents believed that a company's financial performance would benefit from addressing the issue of domestic violence among its employees.

Web page www.gotech.net/dv/info.html dated 9-14-00.

It is estimated that 25% of workplace problems such as absenteeism, lower productivity, turnover and excessive use of medical benefits are due to family violence.

(Employee Assistance Providers/MN, as taken from the National Clearinghouse for the Defense of Battered Women, 125 9th St., Suite 302, Philadelphia, PA 19107.)