According to the CDC, the 2010 overall US gun homicide rate is about 3.7
per 100,000 [in 1990, it was about 7.5]. The rate for the largest 50
cities is 4.3.
Does anyone know what it is after taking out Chicago, Detroit, Washington,
DC, and New Orleans?
After taking out the 10 largest cities?
I wanted to use the information you provided but felt I needed a cite - so
I found
http://www.cdc.gov/nchs/fastats/homicide.htm for 2010 homicides
and note that it gives the firearm homicide rate as 3.6 (not much
difference - but a bit lower).
I can't find a CDC cite for 1990, but
FBI data back to 1960 is given at http://www.disastercenter.com/crime/
Older CDC data (including 1990) is given through
http://webapp.cdc.gov/sasweb/ncipc/mortrate9.html
Phil
From: Henry Schaffer h...@unity.ncsu.edu
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