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Reduce the annual rate of rape or attempted rape.

Target: 0.7 rapes or attempted rapes per 1,000 persons.

Baseline: 0.8  rapes or attempted rapes per 1,000 persons aged 12 years and older occurred in 1998.

Target setting method: Better than the best.

Data source: National Crime Victimization Survey (NCVS), U.S. Department of Justice, Bureau of Justice Statistics.

Persons Aged 12 Years and Older, 1998

Rape or Attempted Rape

Rate per 1,000

TOTAL

0.8

Race and ethnicity

Other (Asian/Pacific Islander and American
Indian/Alaska Native)

DNA

Native Hawaiian and other Pacific Islander

DNC

Black or African American

DSU

White

0.8

 

Hispanic or Latino

DSU

Not Hispanic or Latino

0.8

Black or African American

DSU

White

DSU

Gender

Female

1.4

Male

DSU

Education level

Less than high school

DNA

High school graduate

DNA

At least some college

DNA

Sexual orientation

DNC

Select populations

Age groups

Adolescents aged 12 to 15 years

DSU

Adolescents aged 16 to 19 years

DSU

Young adults aged 20 to 24 years

3.4

DNA = Data have not been analyzed. DNC = Data are not collected. DSU = Data are statistically unreliable.