Bureau of Justice Statistics,, Homicide trends in the United States,, www.ojp.usdoj.gov/bjs/homicide,, Date of release: January 17 2007,, Intimate Homicide Victims by Gender,, ,, Year,Male,Female 1976,1304,1587 1977,1248,1421 1978,1159,1473 1979,1229,1498 1980,1169,1543 1981,1232,1558 1982,1093,1477 1983,1067,1456 1984,947,1432 1985,927,1542 1986,946,1581 1987,891,1482 1988,816,1568 1989,862,1410 1990,820,1485 1991,734,1492 1992,662,1436 1993,638,1563 1994,654,1401 1995,521,1311 1996,476,1299 1997,413,1202 1998,460,1302 1999,381,1195 2000,382,1232 2001,344,1187 2002,339,1182 2003,330,1156 2004,344,1155 2005,329,1181 "Source: FBI, Supplementary Homicide Reports, 1976-2005",, See the methodology section in 'Additional Information About the Data' for weighting and imputation procedures used.,,