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thx, it is interesting .. peering, wider and into ..

TEN WORST COUNTRIES FOR MURDER (MID-1970s)
COUNTRY

PER 100,000
(1) Lesotho 141
(2) Bahamas 23
(3) Guyana 22
(4) Lebanon 20
(5) Netherlands Antilles 12
(6) Iraq 12
(7) Sri Lanka 12
(8) Cyprus 11
(9) Trindad & Tobago 10
(10) Jamaica 10

#24 United States: 0.042802 per 1,000 people
#40 France: 0.0173272 per 1,000 people
#43 Australia: 0.0150324 per 1,000 people
#44 Canada: 0.0149063 per 1,000 people
#45 Chile: 0.014705 per 1,000 people
#46 United Kingdom: 0.0140633 per 1,000 people
#47 Italy: 0.0128393 per 1,000 people

so the murder rate in the US is going on 2.85 times the rate in Australia ..

SELECTED WORST CITIES
MURDER (LATE-1990s)
EUROPE AND USA
CITY

MURDERS
PER 100,000
(1) Washington, D.C., USA 69.3
(2) Philadelphia, USA 27.4
(3) Dallas, USA 24.8
(4) Los Angeles, USA 22.8
(5) Chicago, USA 20.5
(6) Phoenix, USA 19.1
(7) Moscow, Russia 18.1
(8) Houston, USA 18.0
(9) New York City, USA 16.8
(10) Helsinki, Finland 12.5

TEN WORST STATES FOR MURDER, 2003
STATE

PER 100,000
(1) Louisiana 13.0
(2) Maryland 9.5
(3) Mississippi 9.3
(4) Nevada 8.8
(5) Arizona 7.9
(6) Georgia 7.6
(7) South Carolina 7.2
(8) California 6.8
(9) Tennessee 6.8
(10) Alabama 6.6

TEN SAFEST STATES FOR MURDER, 2003
STATE

PER 100,000
(1) Maine 1.2
(2) South Dakota 1.3
(3) New Hampshire 1.4
(4) Iowa 1.6
(5) Hawaii 1.7
(6) Idaho 1.8
(7) North Dakota 1.9
(8) Oregon 1.9
(9) Massachusetts 2.2
(10) Rhode Island 2.3
http://www.benbest.com/lifeext/murder.html#world

edit: i realized i was not sure what the difference between murder and homicide was ..

What is the difference between "homicide" and "murder"?

(R. Ganesan, Madurai)

"Homicide" is a word frequently used in American English. It refers to the killing of one human being by another. The killing may be accidental or intentional; it may or may not be done with criminal intent. If you shoot a man accidentally or in self-defense, it would be considered "homicide"; similarly, if you run over an individual intentionally, it would be considered "homicide". It is a neutral term. According to Black's Law Dictionary, the word homicide merely "describes the act, it pronounces no judgment on the moral or legal quality".

Murder, on the other hand, is an illegal act; it is usually a premeditated crime. When an individual "murders" someone, he/she kills another human being after having planned what he/she is going to do. The word "murder" has a negative connation associated with it. The police force in the United States has a Homicide Department, but not a Murder Department. The ''o'' in the first syllable of "homicide" is like the "o'' in "hot'', "pot'', and "not'', while the "i'' in the second syllable is like the "a'' in "china''. The final syllable is pronounced like the word "side''. The main stress is on the first syllable.
http://www.hinduonnet.com/thehindu/edu/2002/02/26/stories/2002022600090201.htm