Table 302. Homicide Victims, by Race and Sex
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Homicide victims Year Total \1 Male Female Male 8,385 6,616 9,981 10,628 10,131 10,640 10,083 8,847 8,183 7,601 6,873 6,214 6,482 6,780 6,896 7,083 6,839 7,412 Female 1,898 1,666 2,163 2,330 2,187 2,297 2,124 1,936 1,800 1,652 1,547 1,434 1,385 1,446 1,391 1,309 1,296 1,257 10.7 8.3 10.0 10.5 10.0 10.1 9.6 8.7 7.9 7.4 6.8 6.2 6.1 7.1 6.1 6.1 5.9 6.1 White Black Total \1
Homicide rate \2 Rate per 100,000 White Male 10.9 8.2 9.0 9.3 9.1 8.6 8.5 7.8 7.0 6.7 6.1 5.6 5.3 7.2 5.4 5.4 5.3 5.4 Female 3.2 2.9 2.8 3.0 2.8 3.0 2.6 2.7 2.5 2.3 2.2 2.2 2.1 2.6 2.0 2.0 1.9 1.9 Black Male 66.6 48.4 69.2 72.0 67.5 69.7 65.1 56.3 51.5 47.1 42.1 37.5 38.6 38.3 38.4 38.9 37.1 39.7 Female 13.5 11.0 13.5 14.2 13.1 13.6 12.4 11.1 10.2 9.3 8.6 7.8 7.5 7.4 7.0 6.6 6.4 6.2
1980 24,278 10,381 3,177 1985 19,893 8,122 3,041 1990 24,932 9,147 3,006 1991 26,513 9,581 3,201 1992 25,488 9,456 3,012 1993 26,009 9,054 3,232 1994 24,926 9,055 2,921 1995 22,895 8,336 3,028 1996 20,971 7,570 2,747 1997 19,846 7,343 2,570 1998 18,272 6,707 2,534 1999 16,889 6,162 2,466 2000 16,765 5,925 2,414 2001 20,308 8,254 3,074 2002 17,638 6,282 2,403 2003 17,732 6,337 2,372 2004 17,357 6,302 2,341 2005 18,124 6,457 2,313 Source: U.S. National Center for Health Statistics, Vital Statistics of the United States, annual; and National Vital formerly Monthly Vital Statistics Report, and unpublished data.
Statistics Reports (NVSR),
Table 302. Homicide Victims, by Race and Sex: 1980 to 2005
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HEADNOTE [Rates per 100,000 resident population in specified group. Excludes deaths to nonresidents of United States. Effective with data for 1999, causes of death are classified by The Tenth Revi Classification of Diseases (ICD-10), replacing the Ninth Revision (ICD-9)used In ICD-9, the category Homicide also inludes death as a result of legal interv two separate categories for these two causes of death. Some caution should be comparing data between 1998 and 1999. see text, Section 2] FOOTNOTES \1 Includes races not shown separately. \2 Rate based on enumerated population figures as of April 1 for 1960, 1970, 1980, 1990 and 2000; July 1 estimates for other years.
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