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Homicide trends in the U.S.
Victim/offender relationship

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Relationship of victim to offender by weapon, 1976-2005
  Intimate Other family Friend/
Acquaintance		 Stranger Undetermined
  Gun Nongun Gun Nongun Gun Nongun Gun Nongun Gun Nongun
1976 2039 853 1045 709 4671 2347 1751 884 2473 2007
1977 1858 811 927 786 4596 2426 1644 921 2931 2221
1978 1811 822 970 773 4493 2152 1771 877 3403 2488
1979 1950 776 1034 685 4513 2241 1783 903 4311 3265
1980 1877 835 1005 832 4629 2551 2022 1044 4854 3392
1981 1860 930 1078 825 4962 2721 2255 1230 3909 2750
1982 1691 880 983 896 4458 2643 2236 1323 3270 2630
1983 1604 919 923 881 4015 2626 1701 1191 3023 2426
1984 1532 847 898 813 3919 2572 1924 1343 2745 2097
1985 1593 875 886 824 4169 2772 1688 1069 2802 2302
1986 1612 915 832 890 4598 2935 1649 1027 3490 2662
1987 1511 862 901 899 4467 2860 1637 1026 3359 2579
1988 1451 933 802 861 4548 2824 1593 948 4144 2577
1989 1387 885 832 926 4751 2800 1902 904 4549 2564
1990 1411 894 787 909 4994 2881 2249 1113 5631 2571
1991 1315 910 785 981 4901 2646 2745 988 6632 2796
1992 1276 822 746 862 5196 2347 2410 805 6573 2723
1993 1391 812 756 843 5336 2345 2643 802 6951 2652
1994 1282 772 689 862 5224 2185 2440 614 6700 2562
1995 1104 727 628 837 4537 2007 2397 891 6063 2418
1996 1079 696 541 810 4306 2145 2104 658 5234 2078
1997 975 639 593 810 3774 1833 1865 530 5129 2062
1998 1025 737 536 782 3329 1880 1614 596 4509 1963
1999 917 659 544 785 2935 1675 1316 521 4405 1766
2000 906 708 514 714 2596 1553 1444 602 4743 1806
2001 839 691 457 829 2470 1570 1445 655 4927 2153
2002 832 690 503 737 2693 1539 1651 632 5146 1781
2003 816 670 501 799 2720 1626 1447 605 5568 1776
2004 762 741 493 768 2573 1614 1475 605 5358 1758
2005 824 685 463 778 2538 1543 1712 607 5808 1732

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