UK homicide statistics

US Bureau of Justice Statistics on Violent Crime

StatsCan statistics on violent crime

According to the links above, there were on average just over 21,000 homicides per year in the US in the 1990's. This is about 0.0075% dead out of a population of approx. 280 million.

In Canada in 1999, there were 482 murders, in a population of 27 million - about 0.0021%.

And in the UK, there were 792 homicides in a population of approx. 58 million - about 0.0014%.

If my math is accurate, this shows that incidence of homicide in the US is just less than 4X the Canadian figures, and just over 5X the UK. Those are, again, quite "statistically significant" differences! I suspect that the differences have MUCH more to do with the accessibility of firearms in each country, as well as cultural expectations/acceptance of violence - and NOT anyone's individual personality traits!

And as I've stated before, my intention is to draw attention to these "national" differences in the hopes that as knowledge and understanding of them increase, changes will be made that will make the planet a safer place for all of us. I think that's plenty important enough to risk getting "roasted" here on Mudcat!

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