Bureau of Justice Statistics,,,,,,,,
Homicide trends in the United States,,,,,,,,
www.ojp.usdoj.gov/bjs/homicide,,,,,,,,
Date of release: January 17 2007,,,,,,,,

"Intimate Homicide Rates per 100,000 Population by Victim Race, Gender and Relationship",,,,,,,,

 ,Spouse or Ex-spouse, , , ,Boyfriend/Girlfriend,,,
 ,White, ,Black, ,White, ,Black,
Year,Male,Female,Male,Female,Male,Female,Male,Female
1976,0.95,1.73,18.07,12.53,0.66,1.7,12.14,10.69
1977,0.95,1.62,16.6,10.23,0.7,1.53,11.52,7.68
1978,0.95,1.73,14.85,11.17,0.55,1.64,10.13,7.4
1979,1.08,1.72,15.7,9.71,0.62,1.72,9.36,8.6
1980,0.95,1.69,13.85,10.05,0.68,2.31,9.24,7.95
1981,0.98,1.75,12.66,8.43,0.65,1.81,8.58,8.22
1982,0.77,1.76,10.63,7.07,0.75,1.79,8.24,7.3
1983,0.85,1.54,10.58,8.23,0.61,1.83,7.35,6.75
1984,0.62,1.56,8.11,5.87,0.75,1.95,6.93,7.17
1985,0.72,1.6,7.65,6.3,0.6,2.05,7.04,6.75
1986,0.65,1.53,7.64,6.75,0.66,2.4,7.25,7.8
1987,0.61,1.48,6.48,6.07,0.62,2.16,6.79,6.05
1988,0.51,1.51,6.52,6.18,0.66,2.22,6.35,7.02
1989,0.5,1.21,6.66,5.57,0.61,2.24,6.44,6.73
1990,0.49,1.38,5.73,5.81,0.63,2.03,6.4,6.98
1991,0.42,1.35,4.74,6.05,0.68,1.97,5.54,7.16
1992,0.5,1.28,4.39,6.09,0.45,1.83,4.37,5.85
1993,0.4,1.29,4.04,5.98,0.55,2.46,4.75,6.6
1994,0.42,1.4,4.64,4.13,0.46,1.89,4.29,6.09
1995,0.34,1.11,2.87,3.71,0.35,2.27,3.77,5
1996,0.32,1.15,2.39,3.91,0.32,1.91,3.32,5.24
1997,0.28,0.99,2,3.41,0.43,1.89,2.25,4.75
1998,0.24,1.2,1.79,4.09,0.44,1.94,2.9,4.73
1999,0.24,0.96,1.33,3.03,0.29,2.05,2.76,3.82
2000,0.24,1.12,1.29,2.85,0.25,1.89,2.26,3.69
2001,0.2,1.06,1.13,3.57,0.27,1.91,2.39,3.68
2002,0.19,1.02,1.02,3.61,0.33,1.76,2.47,4.33
2003,0.14,0.97,1.26,3.04,0.34,1.84,1.98,3.92
2004,0.2,0.97,0.86,2.76,0.29,1.61,1.58,3.49
2005,0.17,1.02,0.89,3.02,0.23,1.9,1.94,3.6

*Note: The homicide and population data are for persons ages 20-44. The number of married or divorced persons is the population base used to calculate spouse and ex-spouse rates and the number of never married or widowed persons is the population base used to calculate boyfriend/girfriend rates.,,,,,,,,
"Source: FBI, Supplementary Homicide Reports, 1976-2005",,,,,,,,
See the methodology section in 'Additional Information About the Data' for weighting and imputation procedures used.,,,,,,,,