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Homicide trends in the U.S.
Regional trends

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Gun Homicide Victimization Rates per 100,000 Population by Region


NE MA ENC WNC SA ESC WSC MT PA US Total
1976   1.6 4.0 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 7.0 7.5 9.7 4.0 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 5.0 4.7
1986   1.6 4.0 4.6 2.7 6.0 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 7.0 9.0 3.4 6.6 6.0
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 7.0 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 4.0 4.9 2.9 5.5 6.6 6.4 4.7 5.3 5.0
1997   1.4 3.5 4.7 2.6 6.0 6.8 5.9 3.9 4.7 4.6
1998   1.3 2.9 4.7 2.4 5.0 5.1 5.3 4.3 3.8 4.1
1999   1.5 2.8 4.0 2.1 4.9 4.6 4.4 3.9 3.4 3.7
2000   1.3 3.0 3.6 2.5 4.6 4.6 4.5 3.1 3.4 3.6
2001   1.3 3.0 3.2 2.0 4.2 4.9 4.4 3.5 3.6 3.6
2002   1.3 3.0 4.0 1.9 4.7 4.4 4.5 3.7 3.9 3.8
2003   1.1 3.2 3.9 2.0 4.7 4.4 4.9 3.7 3.8 3.8
2004   1.4 3.0 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 4.0 3.8

Source: FBI, Supplementary Homicide Reports, 1976-2005.
     See also Additional Information About the Data for details about weighting and imputation.

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