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<ref>http://www.ovw.usdoj.gov/docs/qa-factsheet.pdf</ref> For women in the US, homicide is the leading cause of death in the workplace.<ref>Thttp://www.ojp.usdoj.gov/ovc/publications/infores/probparole/chap6.htm</ref> There is a sharp peak in the age distribution of murderers between the ages of 18 and 30.{{Citation needed|date=September 2008}} People become less likely to commit a murder as they age.
The following absolute murder counts per-country are not comparable because they are not adjusted by each country's total population. Nonetheless, they are included here for reference, with 2010 used as the base year unless stated. They also may or may not include justifiable killings in self defense, depending on the jurisdiction. There were 52,260 murders in [[Brazil]], consecutively elevating the record set in 2009.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://tabnet.datasus.gov.br/cgi/deftohtm.exe?sim/cnv/ext10br.def |title=Óbitos por Causas Externas 1996 a 2010 |accessdate=2012-06-05 |publisher=DATASUS |language=Portuguese}}</ref> 33,335 murder cases were registered across [[India]]<ref>{{cite web|url=http://ncrb.nic.in/CII2010/Statistics2010.pdf |title=Crime in India 2010 |accessdate=2012-06-05 |format=PDF |page=24 |publisher=National Crime Records Bureau}}</ref>, about 19,000 murders committed in [[Russia]]<ref>{{cite web|url=http://translate.google.com/translate?sl=auto&tl=en&js=n&prev=_t&hl=en&ie=UTF-8&layout=2&eotf=1&u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.gks.ru%2Ffree_doc%2F2011%2Fdemo%2Fedn12-11.htm |title=Information on the death of the population of causes of death in the Russian Federation |accessdate=2011-04-03 |publisher=Rosstat}}</ref>, approximately 17,000 murders in [[Colombia]] (the murder rate was 38 per 100,000 people, in 2008 murders went down to 15,000<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.medicinalegal.gov.co/images/stories/root/FORENSIS/2010/HOMICIDIO.pdf |title=Homicidio 2010 |accessdate=2011-09-11 |format=PDF |pages=4–5, 37 |publisher=Instituto Nacional de Medicina Legal |language=Spanish}}</ref>), approximately 16,000 murders in [[South Africa]]<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.saps.gov.za/statistics/reports/crimestats/2011/categories/murder.pdf |title=Murder in RSA for April to March 2003/2004 to 2010/2011 |accessdate=2012-06-05 |format=PDF |publisher=South African Police Service}}</ref>, approximately 15,000 murders in the [[United States]]<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.fbi.gov/about-us/cjis/ucr/crime-in-the-u.s/2010/crime-in-the-u.s.-2010/tables/10tbl01.xls |title=Crime in the United States by Volume and Rate per 100,000 Inhabitants, 1991–2010 |accessdate=2012-06-05 |publisher=Federal Bureau of Investigation}}</ref>, approximately 26,000 murders in [[Mexico]]<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.inegi.org.mx/est/contenidos/espanol/proyectos/continuas/vitales/bd/mortalidad/MortalidadGeneral.asp?s=est&c=11144 |title=Estadísticas de Mortalidad |accessdate=2011-09-14 |publisher=Instituto Nacional de Estadística y Geografía |language=Spanish}}</ref>, approximately 13,000 murders in [[Venezuela]]<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.derechos.org.ve/pw/wp-content/uploads/21SeguridadCiudadana.pdf |title=Derecho a la seguridad ciudadana |accessdate=2012-06-05 |format=PDF |page=397 |publisher=Programa Venezolano de Educación-Acción en Derechos Humanos |language=Spanish}}</ref>, approximately 4,000 murders in [[El Salvador]]<ref>{{cite web|url=http://multimedia.laprensagrafica.com/pdf/2011/03/20110322-PDF-Informe-0311-Homicidios-en-Centroamerica.pdf |title=Homicidios en Centroamérica |accessdate=2011-08-02 |format=PDF |page=1 |publisher=La Prensa Grafica de El Salvador |language=Spanish}}</ref>, approximately 1,400 murders in [[Jamaica]]<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.jcf.gov.jm/sites/default/files/stats/crime_stats_analysis_2010.pdf |title=Crime Statistics Analysis 2010 |accessdate=2012-06-10 |format=PDF |publisher=Jamaica Constabulary Force}}</ref>, approximately 550 murders in [[Canada]]<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.statcan.gc.ca/pub/85-002-x/2011001/article/11523/tbl/tbl04-eng.htm |title=Police-reported crime for selected offences, Canada, 2009 and 2010 |accessdate=2012-06-10 |publisher=Statistics Canada}}</ref>, approximately 560 murders in [[Trinidad and Tobago]] <ref name="ttcrime">[http://www.ttcrime.com/stats.php Trinidad and Tobago Crime Statistic]</ref> and approximately 200 murders in [[Chile]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.nationmaster.com/graph/cri_mur-crime-murders |title=Crime Statistics |publisher=Nationmaster.com |date= |accessdate=2010-06-25}}</ref> The murder rate in [[Port Moresby]], [[Papua New Guinea]] is 23 times that of [[London]].<ref>{{Cite news|first=David |last=Fickling |url=http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2004/sep/22/population.davidfickling |title=Raskol gangs rule world's worst city |work=[[The Guardian]] |date=2004-09-22 |accessdate=2007-01-09 |location=London}}</ref> [[Pakistan]] reported 9,631 murders.<ref>[http://www.irishtimes.com/newspaper/world/2008/0604/1212513052295.html Record 32,719 killings in India last year] ''Irish Times'' 6 June 2008</ref>
[[File:Murder Rio.JPG|thumb|Murder in [[Rio de Janeiro]]. More than 500,000 people died from gun violence in Brazil between 1979 and 2003.<ref>{{cite news| url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/americas/4628813.stm | work=BBC News | title=UN highlights Brazil gun crisis | date=2005-06-27 | accessdate=2010-04-30 | first=Steve | last=Kingstone}}</ref>]]
In the US, murder is the leading cause of death for [[African American]] males aged 15 to 34. Between 1976 and 2008, African Americans were victims of 329,825 homicides.<ref>{{cite web|title=Homicide trends in the United States |publisher=Bureau of Justice Statistics|url=http://www1.cj.msu.edu/~outreach/mvaa/Homicide/Homicide%20Trends%20in%20the%20United%20States.pdf}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=Homicide Victims by Race and Sex |publisher=U.S. Census Bureau|url=http://www.census.gov/compendia/statab/cats/law_enforcement_courts_prisons/crimes_and_crime_rates.html}}</ref> In 2006, [[Federal Bureau of Investigation]]'s Supplementary Homicide Report indicated that nearly half of the 14,990 murder victims were Black (7421).<ref>"''[http://books.google.com/books?id=pZM0jm8xn_cC&pg=PA706&dq&hl=en#v=onepage&q=&f=false Encyclopedia of Victimology and Crime Prevention]''". Bonnie S. Fisher, Steven P. Lab (2010). p. 706. ISBN 1-4129-6047-9</ref> In the year 2007 non-negligent homicides, there were 3,221 black victims and 3,587 white victims. While 2,905 of the black victims were killed by a black offender, 2,918 of the white victims were killed by white offenders. There were 566 white victims of black offenders and 245 black victims of white offenders.<ref>{{Cite book|url=http://www.albany.edu/sourcebook/pdf/t31292007.pdf |title=Sourcebook of criminal justice statistics Online |publisher=[[Bureau of Justice Statistics]] |location=Albany, New York |edition=31st |editor1=Ann L. Pastore |editor2=Kathleen Maguire}}</ref> It should be noted that the "white" category in the [[Uniform Crime Reports]] (UCR) includes non-black [[Hispanic and Latino Americans|Hispanics]].<ref>"''[http://books.google.com/books?id=vgHgNsmZ3vsC&pg=PA23&dq&hl=en#v=onepage&q=&f=false Race and crime: a biosocial analysis]''". Anthony Walsh (2004). [[Nova Publishers]]. p. 23. ISBN 1-59033-970-3</ref> In London in 2006, 75% of the victims of [[gun crime]] and 79% of the suspects were "from the African/Caribbean community."<ref>{{cite web| url=http://www.mpa.gov.uk/committees/cop/2007/070503/05.htm| archiveurl=http://web.archive.org/web/20070928011341/http://www.mpa.gov.uk/committees/cop/2007/070503/05.htm| archivedate=2007-09-28| title=MPS Response to Guns, Gangs and Knives in London| publisher=[[Metropolitan Police Authority]]| date=2007-05-03| accessdate=2007-07-01}}</ref>
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