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Homicide trends in the U.S.
Family homicides

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  Relationship of victim to offender
 
  Spouse/
Ex-spouse		 Parent Sibling Child Other family Friend/
Acquaintance		 Stranger Unknown
1976 2,246 378 265 551 561 7,663 2,635 4,481
1977 2,075 369 241 558 545 7,615 2,565 5,152
1978 2,022 377 225 579 562 7,256 2,648 5,891
1979 2,053 371 245 538 565 7,426 2,686 7,576
1980 1,985 372 300 573 591 7,907 3,066 8,245
1981 2,036 411 328 576 588 8,436 3,485 6,660
1982 1,821 380 278 637 584 7,851 3,559 5,900
1983 1,766 365 293 587 559 7,398 2,892 5,449
1984 1,568 366 308 520 518 7,301 3,267 4,843
1985 1,669 350 253 614 492 7,741 2,756 5,104
1986 1,637 346 250 613 513 8,422 2,677 6,152
1987 1,541 327 288 602 583 8,158 2,663 5,938
1988 1,529 342 257 586 479 8,226 2,541 6,720
1989 1,378 346 258 631 523 8,445 2,807 7,113
1990 1,439 316 280 606 495 8,740 3,362 8,202
1991 1,320 362 247 645 512 8,455 3,733 9,428
1992 1,290 313 221 604 471 8,352 3,215 9,295
1993 1,272 329 223 608 438 8,611 3,446 9,602
1994 1,204 324 223 567 436 8,258 3,054 9,262
1995 1,058 297 160 573 436 7,316 3,288 8,481
1996 1,040 274 142 549 384 7,186 2,762 7,311
1997 908 268 174 584 377 6,312 2,395 7,190
1998 1,002 273 142 546 357 5,967 2,209 6,472
1999 858 288 124 557 360 5,328 1,837 6,170
2000 917 269 140 471 348 4,848 2,046 6,549
2001 843 241 118 560 366 4,729 2,100 7,080
2002 823 260 127 503 350 4,931 2,283 6,927
2003 771 271 131 528 371 5,061 2,052 7,343
2004 817 269 130 506 356 4,873 2,081 7,116
2005 810 271 136 479 356 4,783 2,319 7,540

Source: FBI, Supplementary Homicide Reports, 1976-2005.
     See also Additional Information About the Data for details about weighting and imputation.
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