Re:2017 Homicide Rates in Latin America and the Carribean
by uzzgae on Saturday January 20, 2018 @11:31AM
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I wonder if some cities in the deadlier Latin America countries rate higher than the deadlier Latin American average.
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Re:2017 Homicide Rates in Latin America and the Carribean
by Retric on Saturday January 20, 2018 @12:04PM
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#1 Caracas, Venezuela, had 130.35 homicides per 100,000 residents.
That's significantly higher than average, but not 'crazy' relative to Venezuela's murder rate of 90 per 100,000.
On the other hand Washington DC was ~70-80 from 1988 to 1998, which would have put it on the current list of top 10 deadliest city's worldwide. DC: (http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/data/ct-homicide-spikes-c...)
Current top 50: http://www.businessinsider.com/most-violent-cities-in-the-wo...
PS: Homicide rates are not necessarily accurate, but tend to be closer to reality than say rape statistics.