15-32.
Reduce homicides.
| | |
15-32. | |
Reduce homicides. |
Target: 3.0 homicides per 100,000 population.
Baseline: 6.5 homicides per 100,000 population occurred in 1998 (age adjusted to the year 2000 standard population).
Target setting method: Better than the best.
Data sources: National Vital Statistics System (NVSS), CDC, NCHS; FBI Uniform Crime Reports, U.S. Department of Justice.
|
Total Population, 1998 |
Homicides |
|
Rate per 100,000 |
|
|
TOTAL |
6.5 |
|
Race and ethnicity |
|
|
American Indian or Alaska Native |
9.1 |
|
Asian or Pacific Islander |
3.5 |
|
Asian |
DNC |
|
Native Hawaiian and other Pacific Islander |
DNC |
|
Black or African American |
22.6 |
|
White |
4.0 |
|
|
|
|
Hispanic or Latino |
8.8 |
|
Cuban |
8.3 |
|
Mexican |
9.0 |
|
Puerto Rican |
7.9 |
|
Not Hispanic or Latino |
6.2 |
|
Black or African American |
23.4 |
|
White |
3.1 |
|
Gender |
|
|
Female |
3.1 |
|
Male |
10.0 |
|
Education level (aged 25 to 64 years) |
|
|
Less than high school |
17.1 |
|
High school graduate |
9.9 |
|
At least some college |
2.7 |
|
Select populations (not age adjusted) |
|
|
Children under 1 year |
8.1 |
|
Children aged 1 to 4 years |
2.6 |
|
Children aged 10 to 14 years |
1.5 |
|
Adolescents aged 15 to 19 years |
11.7 |
|
Persons aged 15 to 34 years |
13.0 |
|
Intimate partners aged 14 to 45 years (spouse, ex-spouse, boyfriend, girlfriend) |
DNC |
|
Black or African Americans aged 15 to 34 years |
48.2 |
|
Females |
13.3 |
|
Males |
84.9 |
|
Hispanic males aged 15 to 34 years |
33.5 |
DNA = Data have not been analyzed. DNC = Data are not
collected. DSU = Data are statistically unreliable.
Note: Age adjusted to the year 2000 standard population.