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"  According to the Violence Policy Center in Washington D.C. (via WBTV), the rate of female murder at the hands of men in South Carolina is more than twice the national capita rate. In 2011, there were 61 such fatalities, a total of 2.54 per 100,000 women. Sixty-three percent of the murders were committed by an ex or current boyfriend or husband. This statistic has been rising for years; the state has ranked among the top 10 of women killed by men for the past 15 years, and this is its third time in the #1 spot. It was ranked second back in 2010. Says Colleen Campbell Bozard, Interim Executive Director of the South Carolina Coalition Against Domestic Violence and Sexual Assault, &amp;quot;It is our hope that this report will be a call to action for the leadership of South Carolina and its citizens to recognize the seriousness of the problem in our state and begin to work collaboratively to find real solutions that improve the safety and lives of women in our state.&amp;quot;  Follow Anna on Twitter.   Image via Getty "^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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