Homicide Rates by Race, Sex, and Age statistics


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Age		Male					Male					Male					Male				Female					Female					Female					Female				Male					Male					Male							Male			Female				Female					Female					Female
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	1979	1980	1981	1982	1983	1984	1985	1986	1987	1988	1989	1990	1991	1992	1993	1994	1995	1996	1997	1979	1980	1981	1982	1983	1984	1985	1986	1987	1988	1989	1990	1991	1992	1993	1994	1995	1996	1997	1979	1980	1981	1982	1983	1984	1985	1986	1987	1988	1989	1990	1991	1992	1993	1994	1995	1996	1997	1979	1980	1981	1982	1983	1984	1985	1986	1987	1988	1989	1990	1991	1992	1993	1994	1995	1996	1997


Total ¹	9.9	10.9	10.4	9.6	8.6	8.3	8.2	8.6	8.0	7.9	8.2	9.0	9.3	9.1	8.6	8.5	7.8	7.0	6.7	3.0	3.2	3.1	3.1	2.8	2.9	2.9	3.0	3.0	2.9	2.8	2.8	3.0	2.8	3.0	2.6	2.7	2.5	2.3	63.8	66.6	64.8	59.5	51.8	49.2	49.0	55.8	54.2	59.1	62.3	69.2	72.0	67.5	69.7	65.1	56.3	51.5	47.1	13.5	13.5	12.8	12.0	11.4	11.3	11.1	12.2	12.7	13.3	13.1	13.5	14.2	13.1	13.6	12.4	11.1	10.2	9.3
Under 1 year	4.0	4.3	4.5	5.6	3.3	5.0	3.8	5.5	6.1	5.8	5.8	6.4	7.6	6.4	7.0	6.0	7.1	6.5	7.8	2.8	4.3	4.7	4.1	3.7	4.1	4.3	5.2	4.3	6.2	5.8	5.1	5.7	5.5	5.9	5.1	5.0	6.8	4.6	16.5	18.6	12.2	17.6	14.3	21.0	16.7	23.2	19.5	19.5	21.9	21.4	22.4	22.4	23.9	23.9	19.4	23.1	18.1	10.5	12.8	14.3	14.4	15.7	17.1	10.7	17.5	18.9	23.7	23.6	22.8	24.6	17.8	18.1	17.4	19.2	21.1	21.6
1-4 yrs.	1.7	2.0	1.6	1.9	1.7	2.0	1.9	1.9	1.8	2.2	1.9	1.8	2.1	2.1	2.2	2.3	2.1	1.9	1.9	1.7	1.5	1.9	1.8	1.3	1.7	1.7	1.4	1.6	1.6	1.5	1.4	1.6	1.5	1.4	1.9	1.8	1.7	1.6	6.3	7.2	8.9	8.9	7.3	5.1	6.6	9.5	4.9	7.6	8.0	7.6	7.9	7.6	9.6	8.4	8.7	6.9	7.1	7.7	6.4	5.7	6.6	6.3	6.8	6.3	6.8	7.3	6.3	7.3	7.2	7.3	7.4	7.7	6.4	6.8	7.6	5.5
5-9 yrs.	0.8	0.7	0.7	0.8	0.8	0.5	0.7	0.5	0.7	0.8	0.6	0.5	0.6	0.5	0.8	0.5	0.7	0.8	0.7	0.7	0.7	0.7	0.8	0.7	0.7	0.7	0.4	0.6	0.7	0.7	0.7	0.5	0.5	0.8	0.7	0.6	0.7	0.6	2.3	1.9	2.9	2.9	2.1	2.5	2.3	2.0	2.1	2.8	2.6	2.1	1.8	2.2	2.7	2.1	2.1	2.0	2.1	2.1	2.0	1.8	2.0	(B)	3.1	2.4	2.6	1.6	1.9	2.2	2.5	1.8	1.7	2.1	1.5	1.5	1.8	1.9
10-14 yrs.	1.1	1.1	1.1	0.9	1.1	1.2	1.4	1.2	1.0	1.3	1.5	1.7	1.8	2.0	1.9	1.8	2.0	1.5	1.4	0.7	1.1	1.2	1.1	0.7	1.2	0.9	1.1	1.0	0.8	1.0	0.9	0.9	1.0	1.2	0.9	1.0	0.9	0.6	4.0	3.9	5.2	3.8	4.0	4.1	4.2	4.7	7.0	6.0	7.7	8.1	9.1	9.6	10.5	9.1	8.2	6.0	5.6	2.0	2.4	2.6	2.0	(B)	3.2	1.7	2.1	2.5	4.5	3.8	4.8	3.8	5.1	5.2	4.6	3.0	3.1	2.3
15-19 yrs.	10.5	10.9	9.9	9.1	7.5	7.4	7.2	8.5	7.2	7.9	9.4	12.5	14.4	15.2	15.2	15.4	14.7	12.2	11.1	3.6	3.9	3.5	3.4	2.8	3.2	2.7	3.3	2.9	3.0	3.3	3.6	3.6	3.6	3.6	3.4	3.9	2.9	2.9	46.8	48.8	48.0	47.0	42.9	39.5	46.7	51.9	60.6	78.3	93.9	115.7	134.6	128.5	140.7	135.8	110.5	100.9	85.3	12.1	11.0	10.8	11.1	10.5	10.2	10.4	12.2	12.1	11.6	11.8	15.6	15.6	14.2	18.4	15.1	16.4	12.9	10.6
20-24 yrs.	18.4	19.9	18.5	16.7	14.9	14.1	14.3	15.6	14.4	14.3	15.1	18.1	19.0	19.4	18.9	19.3	18.2	15.9	15.4	5.1	5.4	5.0	5.3	4.4	5.2	4.3	5.1	4.6	4.7	4.4	4.5	5.0	4.5	4.8	4.4	4.2	3.6	3.5	111.1	124.9	113.1	101.8	91.6	83.8	85.1	106.0	110.6	125.6	135.5	162.2	183.8	180.5	193.8	180.7	155.5	148.7	146.0	24.8	26.0	23.2	19.6	20.7	19.3	17.8	20.1	23.3	23.3	22.8	22.1	27.4	24.3	25.6	22.3	17.2	16.5	16.4
25-29 yrs.	17.5	19.8	18.5	17.1	15.6	15.2	14.9	15.3	14.2	14.2	14.8	16.6	16.9	16.3	15.2	15.7	14.3	12.0	12.5	4.6	4.7	4.6	4.9	4.6	4.3	4.6	4.9	5.0	4.9	4.5	4.4	4.5	4.4	4.9	4.3	4.4	3.5	3.3	146.0	149.7	141.1	125.2	102.4	100.2	94.8	115.2	105.2	120.2	124.5	140.0	138.1	131.7	132.7	129.1	113.9	109.2	99.6	24.6	28.1	23.3	22.2	20.4	22.0	21.1	24.3	23.8	28.3	25.6	26.5	27.2	28.0	27.0	24.4	19.6	17.8	15.8
30-34 yrs.	16.1	17.9	16.5	15.2	14.1	13.2	13.0	14.3	12.5	12.7	13.2

139. Homicide Rates by Race, Sex, and Age