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Homicide trends in the U.S.
Family homicides

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Relationship of victim to offender by race of victim, 1976-2005
  White Black
  Spouse/
Ex-spouse		 Parent Sibling Child Other
family		 Spouse/
Ex-spouse		 Parent Sibling Child Other
family
1976 1100 247 128 335 282 1106 126 129 202 259
1977 1067 251 107 324 298 973 112 126 225 232
1978 1083 268 98 318 311 909 105 115 249 242
1979 1140 247 127 344 335 886 114 114 177 218
1980 1076 271 138 348 340 871 93 155 207 230
1981 1193 273 177 346 311 806 135 138 216 263
1982 1101 268 144 369 345 691 104 124 253 230
1983 1059 250 163 346 296 680 103 121 229 252
1984 982 262 169 322 298 558 100 131 182 207
1985 1074 254 136 378 278 554 88 103 219 201
1986 1010 231 113 342 274 584 103 127 249 223
1987 977 233 159 332 335 530 86 122 251 224
1988 963 237 120 339 250 517 97 125 238 208
1989 844 235 135 385 275 500 102 116 220 229
1990 931 228 140 363 250 452 82 133 223 228
1991 839 239 124 370 279 431 113 116 248 217
1992 828 201 116 325 264 423 107 92 244 190
1993 834 229 103 337 217 400 94 113 247 205
1994 818 224 118 340 250 356 97 100 207 171
1995 725 203 85 366 238 295 81 68 182 181
1996 737 186 68 338 233 274 79 71 196 133
1997 614 194 86 348 201 256 71 83 206 161
1998 707 214 76 345 191 259 56 63 179 145
1999 608 211 73 332 194 205 64 45 198 140
2000 669 192 81 291 197 198 65 55 168 139
2001 600 187 65 369 230 203 48 42 177 118
2002 581 185 72 304 219 199 61 54 168 112
2003 547 197 72 330 211 187 69 49 177 136
2004 612 197 82 319 186 177 59 46 170 144
2005 593 211 84 299 210 187 48 45 155 135

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