r/MurderedByWords Aug 05 '19

Murder Murdered by numbers?

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u/PortableDoor5 Aug 05 '19

out of sheer curiosity, what are the murder stats regardless of means of killing?

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u/RoopyBlue Aug 05 '19

According to this the UK is 1.2 and USA is 5.3 (per 100,000)

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u/[deleted] Aug 05 '19

According to CDC, it is 6 for the same year. CDC lists about 2k more murders and the population estimate is also likely a significant difference.