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

Regional trends,,,,,,,,,,

,"Gun Homicide Victimization Rates per 100,000 Population by Region",,,,,,,,,

Year,NE,MA,ENC,WNC,SA,ESC,WSC,MT,PA,US Total
1976,1.6,4,5.7,2.9,7.5,9.2,8.3,4.3,4.8,5.6
1977,1.5,4.1,5.1,3.4,6.9,8.9,8.8,4.3,5.5,5.5
1978,1.8,4.2,5.3,3.5,7.3,8.3,9.4,4.9,5.7,5.7
1979,1.5,4.8,5.5,3.6,7.9,8.4,10.7,4.6,6.4,6.2
1980,1.9,5.3,5.5,3.5,7.9,8.6,10.4,4.7,7.2,6.4
1981,1.9,5.1,5.2,3.3,8.1,7.5,10.2,4.3,6.3,6.1
1982,1.7,4.6,4.4,2.9,7,7.5,9.7,4,5.3,5.5
1983,1.5,4.1,4.4,2.4,5.5,6.5,8.5,3.4,4.9,4.8
1984,1.3,3.9,4.2,2.1,5.9,5.7,7.6,3.1,5.1,4.7
1985,1.5,3.7,4.2,2.6,5.7,5.9,7.5,3.5,5,4.7
1986,1.6,4,4.6,2.7,6,6.7,8.1,4.2,5.4,5.1
1987,1.6,4.5,4.4,2.5,6.2,6.2,6.9,3.4,5.4,4.9
1988,1.8,5.2,4.4,2.3,6.3,6.4,7.3,3.7,5.4,5.1
1989,2.3,5.6,4.6,2.3,7.1,6.3,7.7,2.8,5.9,5.4
1990,2.1,6.3,5.2,2.6,7.5,7,9,3.4,6.6,6
1991,2.4,6.6,5.9,3.5,8.2,7.4,9.7,3.7,7.2,6.5
1992,2.1,6.5,5.8,3.3,7.2,6.2,9.1,3.9,7.6,6.4
1993,2.4,6.7,5.9,3.8,7.4,7,9.3,4.2,7.9,6.6
1994,2.6,5.4,5.9,3.2,6.8,7.6,9.1,5.1,7.4,6.3
1995,2.1,4.7,5.3,3.3,6.1,7.3,7.3,4.9,6.7,5.6
1996,1.7,4,4.9,2.9,5.5,6.6,6.4,4.7,5.3,5
1997,1.4,3.5,4.7,2.6,6,6.8,5.9,3.9,4.7,4.6
1998,1.3,2.9,4.7,2.4,5,5.1,5.3,4.3,3.8,4.1
1999,1.5,2.8,4,2.1,4.9,4.6,4.4,3.9,3.4,3.7
2000,1.3,3,3.6,2.5,4.6,4.6,4.5,3.1,3.4,3.6
2001,1.3,3,3.2,2,4.2,4.9,4.4,3.5,3.6,3.6
2002,1.3,3,4,1.9,4.7,4.4,4.5,3.7,3.9,3.8
2003,1.1,3.2,3.9,2,4.7,4.4,4.9,3.7,3.8,3.8
2004,1.4,3,3.5,2.2,4.4,3.9,4.8,3.6,3.8,3.6
2005,1.3,3.3,3.7,2.3,4.9,4.7,4.7,3.8,4,3.8

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