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the answer how they got that number is either A) they have exaggerated the real abuse with minor stuff or B) their sample ignores repeat abusees.

We see the same women over and over again. They get rid of one boyfriend and get another just as bad. See the statistic about "37% of women treated for trauma in Emergency rooms have been abused"?

It's probably higher.

If you are a profession "victim", you often take drugs, legal or illegal. So you have more DUI type accidents, both in motor vehicles or in being a klutz and falling or cutting yourself in the kitchen etc.(both legal and illegal tranquillizers slow your reflexes.)

Then too you have to take into account minor stuff. I had a teenaged son throw a cup of coffee at me. So I'd have to say yes to "domestic abuse". The fact he did it once and I had him arrested and only had the charges dropped by having him move out and attend anger management counselling made this a one time problem. But it still would count as "abuse" on the statistics.

"37% of women treated for trauma in Emergency rooms have been abused"?

For 37% that is the REASON for the ER visit? Or for 37% there has been some violent incident in their past regardless of how minor.