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  1. <text id=93AC0299>
  2. <title>
  3. Murder--Weapons Used or Cause of Death:1980-91
  4. </title>
  5. <history>
  6. Compact ALMANAC--United States Statistics         
  7. Law                                                  
  8. </history>
  9. <article>
  10. <source>Time Almanac</source>
  11. <hdr>
  12. Murder--Circumstances & Weapons Used or Cause of Death: 1980-1991
  13. </hdr>
  14. <body>
  15. <table>
  16. <tblhdr><c><c type=i>1980<c type=i>1985<c type=i>1988<c type=i>1989<c type=i>1990<c type=i>1991
  17. <row><c type=a>CIRCUMSTANCE<c type=n><c type=n><c type=n><c type=n><c type=n><c type=n>
  18. <row><c>Murders, total<c>21,860<c>17,545<c>17,972<c>18,954<c>20,273<c>21,505
  19. <row><c>PERCENT DISTRIBUTION<c><c><c><c><c><c>
  20. <row><c>Felonies, total<c>17.7<c>17.9<c>19.0<c>21.4<c>20.8<c>21.3
  21. <row><c>Robbery<c>10.8<c>9.2<c>8.3<c>9.1<c>9.2<c>10.2
  22. <row><c>Narcotics<c>1.7<c>2.9<c>5.6<c>7.4<c>6.7<c>6.2
  23. <row><c>Sex offenses<c>1.5<c>1.5<c>1.2<c>1.1<c>1.1<c>.9
  24. <row><c>Other felonies<c>3.7<c>4.3<c>3.8<c>2.8<c>3.7<c>3.9
  25. <row><c>Suspected felonies<c>6.7<c>2.0<c>1.3<c>.8<c>.7<c>1.0
  26. <row><c>Argument, total<c>39.9<c>39.3<c>34.5<c>35.2<c>34.4<c>31.9
  27. <row><c>Property or money<c>2.6<c>2.7<c>2.7<c>2.9<c>2.5<c>2.4
  28. <row><c>Romantic triangle<c>2.3<c>2.3<c>1.7<c>2.0<c>2.0<c>1.5
  29. <row><c>Other arguments<c>35.0<c>34.3<c>30.1<c>30.3<c>29.8<c>28.1
  30. <row><c>Other motives<c>20.6<c>18.1<c>18.9<c>19.0<c>19.4<c>19.8
  31. <row><c>Unknown<c>15.1<c>22.8<c>26.3<c>23.7<c>24.8<c>26.0
  32. <row><c>TYPE OF WEAPON OR CAUSE OF DEATH<c><c><c><c><c><c>
  33. <row><c>Murders, total<c>21,860<c>17,545<c>17,972<c>18,954<c>20,273<c>21,505
  34. <row><c>PERCENT DISTRIBUTION<c><c><c><c><c><c>
  35. <row><c>Guns<c>62.4<c>58.7<c>60.6<c>62.4<c>64.3<c>66.3
  36. <row><c>Handguns<c>46.0<c>43.0<c>45.3<c>47.6<c>49.8<c>53.1
  37. <row><c>Cutting or stabbing<c>19.3<c>21.1<c>19.2<c>18.2<c>17.4<c>15.8
  38. <row><c>Blunt objects(1)<c>5.0<c>5.5<c>6.3<c>6.0<c>5.4<c>5.0
  39. <row><c>Personal weapons(2)<c>5.8<c>6.7<c>6.3<c>5.5<c>5.5<c>5.5
  40. <row><c>Strangulations, asphyxiations<c>2.3<c>2.4<c>2.2<c>2.5<c>2.0<c>2.0
  41. <row><c>Fire<c>1.3<c>1.4<c>1.4<c>1.2<c>1.4<c>.9
  42. <row><c>All other(3)<c>3.9<c>4.2<c>4.1<c>4.1<c>4.0<c>4.3
  43. </table>
  44. <list>
  45. <item>1. Refers to club, hammer, etc.
  46. <item>2. Hands, fists, feet, etc.
  47. <item>3. Includes poison, drowning, explosives, narcotics, and unknown.
  48. </list>
  49. <p>Source: U.S. Federal Bureau of Investigation.
  50. </p>
  51. </body>
  52. </article>
  53. </text>
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