US murder numbers
1939 - 7,514
1940 - 7,540
1941 - 7,562
1960 - 9,110
1961 - 8,740
1962 - 8,530
1963 - 8,640
1964 - 9,360
1965 - 9,960
1966 - 11,040
1967 - 12,240
1968 - 13,800
1969 - 14,760
1970 - 16,000
1971 - 17,780
1972 - 18,670
1973 - 19,640 (10,000 by handguns, 1,200 by long guns)
1974 - 20,711
1975 - 20,505
1976 - 18,784
1977 - 19,121
1978 - 19,555
1979 - 21,456
1980 - 23,044
1981 - 22,516
1982 - 21,012
1983 - 19,308
1984 - 18,692
1985 - 18,980
1986 - 20,610
1987 - 21,010
1988 - 20,680
1989 - 21,500
1990 - 23,440
1991 - 24,700 (Record)
1992 - 23,760 (1,431 killed by boyfriends or husbands)
1993 - 24,526
1994 - 23,330
1995 - 21,610
1996 - 19,645 (125 by people 75 or older [only 3 of these women])
1997 - 18,209
1998 - 16,914
1999 - 15,522 (692 youth-gang homicides)
2000 - 15,517
2001 - 15,982
2002 - 16,204 (64% solved) (How murders committed: 71.0% firearms
13.4 knife
7.1 hands or feet
5.1 blunt object
3.4 other [arson, poisoning, etc.])
(youth-gang homicides in 2002: over 1,100)
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