MORTALITY TRENDS FOR HOMICIDE, BY AGE, COLOR, AND SEXUNITED STATES, 1960-1972 (WITH GLANCES AT THE STATISTICAL PROFILE OF THE VICTIMS DURING 1900-1959 AND 1973)

• NCJ Number: 17348
• Author(s): A J KLEBBA
• Date Published: Unknown
• Length: 26 pages
• Corporate Author: National Institutes of Health
• Sale Source: National Institute of Justice/
• Publication Type: Statistics
• Language: English
• Country: United States of America

Annotation

A NARRATIVE AND STATISTICAL REPORT INDICATING DEATH RATES FOR HOMICIDES, AGE GROUPS MOST INVOLVED IN HOMICIDES, HOMICIDE RATES FOR GEOGRAPHIC DIVISION, TYPE OF INJURY, AND HOMICIDE RATES FOR THE 20 LARGEST CITIES.

Abstract

THE INFORMATION IS PRESENTED IN A SERIES OF CHARTS AND TABLES. THE AUTHOR NOTES THE INCREASE IN HOMICIDE RATES FROM 1960 TO 1972, AND STATES THAT THE 1973 RATE - 9.8 DEATHS PER 100,000 POPULATION - IS THE HIGHEST EVER RECORDED FOR HOMICIDE FOR THE NATION.