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and rate of domestic violence -related murders in 2001 and 2002 have been reduced by half from the 1995 figures (refer to Table 7). Firearms were used in 54% of these domestic violence murders. Table 7 DOMESTIC VIOLENCE -RELATED MURDERS Year1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 No. of DV -related murders 16 1 1 6 7 10 DV -related proportion of 28.6 20.0 17.0 25.0 15.9 28.6 25.0 29.0 total murders (per cent) DV -related murder rate, per 1.4 0.7 0.7 0.5 0.6 0.8 100,000 residents Source: Department of the Attorney General (CPJA) and Hawaii State Coalition Against Domestic Violence Table 8 provides the number of victim contacts with agency service providers as a result of abuse. There are nine shelter facilities statewide (3 on Oahu, two on the island of Hawaii, one each on the islands of Molokai, Kauai and Maui), and one for military victims/dependants only. In its FY 1998 Annual Report for the Family Violence Prevention and Services (FVPS) Grant, the Department of Human Services noted that "It is not uncommon for a woman to use a shelter six to eight times before leaving the violent setting for good (if she ever does)". While the statistics for Shelter and Adults Receiving Individual Services have alternated in single digit increases and/or decreases, Hotline and hiformation/Referral Calls and Other Services (particularly in the Legal Advocacy area) have seen substantial growth. The shelter reporting periods for FY 1995 and 1996 are federal fiscal years (October to September), and the FY 1997 through FY 1999 are reported under the State fiscal period (July to June). In FY 1999 there was a decline in the types of services available at shelters, with a decrease of 10% of aduits served in shelters, a 9% decrease in number of bed days for adults and families in shelter, and a 4% decrease in the number of "hotline" and information and referral calls to shelters. The statistical data for shelter services over the five year period (FY 1995-1999) do not show any specific upward or downward trend, but rather a minor variance each year. 7