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To: greenspirit who wrote (271128)	7/8/2002 1:00:15 AM
From: Doug R	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 769670

Here's a statistic on murder rates of women: For Immediate Release: Wednesday, April 17, 2002, 4 p.m. EST Boston, MA—A new study from the Harvard School of Public Health (HSPH) finds that among high income nations, the United States has the highest rate of female homicide victimization. The United States accounts for 32% of the female population among 25 high income countries, but 70% of all female homicides, and 84% of all female firearm homicides. Some 4,000 American females are murdered each year. A female in the United States is 3 times more likely to be murdered than a female in Canada, 5 times more likely to be murdered than a female in Germany, and 8 times more likely to be murdered than a female in England and Wales. The US female homicide victimization rate is 5 times that of all the other high income countries combined. The firearm homicide rate for US females is 11 times higher than that in the other high income countries. From these statistics it's not too farfetched to assume that murder rates of children here are not much better. hsph.harvard.edu