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Politics : Formerly About Advanced Micro Devices

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To: FJB who wrote (789963)6/14/2014 3:38:33 PM
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The US tops the UK in terms of violent crime with a rate of 2600 per 100,000 vs a rate of 2000 for the UK:

Violent crime rises for second consecutive year


The 2012 National Crime Victimization Survey by the Bureau of Justice Statistics found that 26 of every 1,000 people experienced violent crime, a 15% increase in how many people reported being victims of rape, robbery or assault.


usatoday.com

U.S. murder rate higher than nearly all other developed countries: FBI data


But the 2012 murder rate — 4.7 murders per 100,000 people — was significantly higher than in most other wealthy nations.


The comparable rate is 0.4 in Japan, 0.8 in Germany, 1.0 in Australia 1.1 in France and 1.2 in Britain, according to figures compiled by the Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development.

Among nations assessed by the Paris-based club of market economies, only Brazil, Estonia, Mexico and Russia had higher murder rates.


rawstory.com

A listing of all the murder rates of countries.........the US is hanging out with Cameroon and Pakistan:

nationmaster.com
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