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Murder Rate Not Likely To Decline Until 1980s
Washington AP The National Center for Health Statistics reports the U S murder rate will not fall before the 1980s as the 1940s and 1950s birth cohorts age into peak risk groups. The 1972 murder total reached 20 518 with a rate of 9.8 per 100 000, and guns accounted for 68 percent of killings.
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National Center For Health Statistics
U.S. Department of Health, Education and Welfare
A. Joan Klebba
United States