My only problem with all of this is that the data that have generally been used for the period from '74 to '84 are, in order: 38.3, 33.1, 26.9, 28.0, 28.2, 27.4, 31.5, 35.1, 30.7, 29.1, 28.1. I'm not sure whether the difference is due to different homicide numbers or population guesstimates. Interestingly, our figures for 1980, a census year, differ by about 1/100,000. PHB
On 8/13/03 4:06 PM, "Peter Boucher" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > I went all the way out to 1988 to see what happens on both sides of the > year 1985, which Tim was interested in (that year's rate being lower > than in 1976). > > 1968 -- 25.76 > 1969 -- 29.68 > 1970 -- 31.84 > 1971 -- 34.20 > 1972 -- 34.66 > 1973 -- 35.38 > 1974 -- 33.32 > 1975 -- 32.32 > 1976 -- 30.74 > 1977 -- 28.56 > 1978 -- 28.30 > 1979 -- 29.96 > 1980 -- 30.54 > 1981 -- 30.82 > 1982 -- 30.96 > 1983 -- 29.36 > 1984 -- 28.54 > 1985 -- 29.64
