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Estimated murder rate						
Year	United States-Total					
1960	5.1					
1961	4.8					
1962	4.6					
1963	4.6					
1964	4.9					
1965	5.1					
1966	5.6					
1967	6.2					
1968	6.9					
1969	7.3
1970	7.9					
1971	8.6					
1972	9					
1973	9.4					
1974	9.8					
1975	9.6					
1976	8.7					
1977	8.8					
1978	9					
1979	9.8					
1980	10.2					
1981	9.8					
1982	9.1					
1983	8.3					
1984	7.9					
1985	8					
1986	8.6					
1987	8.3					
1988	8.5					
1989	8.7					
1990	9.4					
1991	9.8					
1992	9.3					
1993	9.5					
1994	9					
1995	8.2					
1996	7.4					
1997	6.8					
1998	6.3					
1999	5.7					
2000	5.5					
2001	5.6					
2002	5.6					
2003	5.7					
2004	5.5					
2005	5.6					
2006	5.7					
2007	5.6					
2008	5.4					
2009	5					
2010	4.8					
          National or state offense totals are based on data from all reporting agencies and estimates for unreported areas.						
						
           Rates are the number of reported offenses per 100,000 population "         United States-Total - <ul><li>The 168 murder and nonnegligent homicides that occurred as a result of the bombing of the Alfred P. Murrah Federal Building in Oklahoma City in 1995 are included in the national estimate.</li>						
<li>The 2	823 murder and nonnegligent homicides that occurred as a result of the events of September 11	2001	 are not included in the national estimates.</li></ul>"			
       The murder and nonnegligent homicides that occurred as a result of the events of September 11, 2001, are not included. 						
Sources: FBI, Uniform Crime Reports, prepared by the National Archive of Criminal Justice Data 						
Date of download: Dec 27 2012