2017 Homicide Rates in Latin America and the Carribean

adventured wrote: post #6

quantumleap22 wrote: post #3

For comparison, overall and by-race data for the US: https://www.cdc.gov/mmwr/volumes/66/wr/mm6631a9.htm

The difference between states is also fascinating: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Murder_in_the_United_States_by... From New Hampshire at 1.1, Hawaii at 1.3, and Vermont at 1.6 to Mississippi at 8.7 and Louisiana at 10.

Some of that list is ordered how I'd expect, but I wouldn't have guessed that NY has significantly lower than US-average murder rates, and Alaska significantly higher. Interestingly both CA and TX are pretty much exactly at the US average, despite fairly different politics/policies.

Re: 2017 Homicide Rates in Latin America and the Carribean

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Post by DanAndersen » Sat, Jan 20, 2018, 4:02 PM UTC

danbruc wrote: post #5

waytogo wrote: post #2

Anyone knows the rates in the US or European countries?

You can find them on Wikipedia [1]. United States has 4.88, Europe varies quite a bit but the majority seems to be below 2 or 3. [1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_countries_by_intention...

I was surprised by the apparently high per capita homicide rate in Nunavut, Canada, but apparently it's mostly due to just how low the population is there:

https://www.vice.com/en_ca/article/ppvx8g/a-closer-look-at-n...

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Post by almost_usual » Sat, Jan 20, 2018, 4:04 PM UTC

waytogo wrote: post #2

Anyone knows the rates in the US or European countries?

Low at a state level, much higher at a city level. St. Louis city would be ranked above El Salvador with a murder rate of 65 for 2017.

http://amp.kansascity.com/news/local/crime/article191211704....

Population of St. Louis: 312,000

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Post by afpx » Sat, Jan 20, 2018, 4:08 PM UTC

adventured wrote: post #6

quantumleap22 wrote: post #3

For comparison, overall and by-race data for the US: https://www.cdc.gov/mmwr/volumes/66/wr/mm6631a9.htm

The difference between states is also fascinating: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Murder_in_the_United_States_by... From New Hampshire at 1.1, Hawaii at 1.3, and Vermont at 1.6 to Mississippi at 8.7 and Louisiana at 10.

There’s a strong negative correlation between latitude and crime. One hypothesis is that people further away from the equator spend more time inside annually, and thus have less opportunity for crime.