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

"Homicide Offending Rates per 100,000 Population by Gender",,

Year,Male,Female
1976,16.3,3
1977,16.3,2.9
1978,16.9,2.7
1979,18.6,2.9
1980,20.6,3.1
1981,19,2.8
1982,17.6,2.6
1983,16,2.4
1984,15.4,2.2
1985,15.3,2.1
1986,16.7,2.2
1987,16.2,2.1
1988,17,2
1989,17.6,2
1990,19.6,2
1991,20.8,2.1
1992,19.4,1.8
1993,20,1.8
1994,19,1.8
1995,17.3,1.5
1996,15.6,1.6
1997,14.3,1.4
1998,13.2,1.4
1999,11.8,1.2
2000,11.7,1.2
2001,11.8,1.2
2002,11.7,1.2
2003,11.7,1.2
2004,11.5,1.2
2005,11.9,1.2

Homicide Offenders by Gender,,

Year,Male,Female
1976,17057,3295
1977,17160,3228
1978,17907,3076
1979,19955,3231
1980,22603,3598
1981,21204,3271
1982,19764,3115
1983,18139,2869
1984,17638,2699
1985,17757,2615
1986,19460,2718
1987,19111,2592
1988,20285,2547
1989,21124,2584
1990,23861,2604
1991,25617,2651
1992,24192,2356
1993,25201,2436
1994,24148,2341
1995,22235,1976
1996,20271,2138
1997,18660,1944
1998,17380,1941
1999,15675,1728
2000,16035,1706
2001,16461,1705
2002,16544,1705
2003,16643,1771
2004,16470,1739
2005,17301,1826

"Source: FBI, Supplementary Homicide Reports, 1976-2005",,
See the methodology section in 'Additional Information About the Data' for weighting and imputation procedures used.,,