Prevalence of intimate partner violence in 1995 and 2016, León, Nicaragua*
| 1995 | 2016 | |||
| Total women 15–49 (n=354) | Total women 15–49 (n=876) | |||
| N | % (95% CI) | N | % (95% CI) | |
| Lifetime physical violence | 194 | 54.8 (49.6 to 59.9) | 242 | 27.6 (24.7 to 30.7) |
| Lifetime sexual violence | 72 | 20.3 (16.4 to 24.8) | 132 | 15.1 (12.8 to 17.6) |
| Lifetime emotional violence | 252 | 71.2 (66.3 to 75.7) | 377 | 43.0 (39.8 to 46.3) |
| 12-month physical violence | 100 | 28.2 (23.7 to 33.1) | 73 | 8.3 (6.6 to 10.3) |
| 12-month emotional violence | 151 | 42.7 (37.6 to 47.8) | 204 | 23.3 (20.6 to 26.2) |
*Absolute values and percentages with corresponding 95% CIs are given for the proportion of ever-married women aged 15 to 49 who reported intimate partner violence ever in their lifetimes and in the 12 months prior to the interview in 1995 and 2016. Calculations were made on the individual data sets.