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Show Table 38 Homicide (ICD-9Code: E960-E978) (1990 Total Deaths in Utah = 52) Figure 27_____________ Homicide Age-adjusted Rates per 100,000 Population Year Utah US UtahrUS Comparison 1970 1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989 1990 1991 4.1 3.9 4.1 3.8 3.8 3.3 2.9 3.4 4.1 3.2 3.2 3.1 3.4 9.1 10.8 10.4 9.7 8.6 8.4 8.3 9.0 8.6 9.0 9.4 10.2 na 0.45:1 0.36:1 0.39:1 0.39:1 0.44:1 0.39:1 0.35:1 0.38:1 0.48:1 0.36:1 0.34:1 0.30:1 na Homicide B a 3 i S -a S 12 j 10--8--6-- I ft. 4 <sco*tnvoroo oooooocooooooooo On On On On On On On On OOON On On Source: Utah • 1970: Utah Department of Health, Bureau of Vital Records and Health Statistics. Unpublished report. 1980-1991: Utah Department of Health, Division of Community Health. Unpublished report UJS. • 1970: United States Bureau of the Census. (1992). Statistical Abstract of the United States: 1992 (112th ed.). Washington, D.C.: U.S. Government Printing Office, p. 81. VS. • 1979-1989: National Center for Health Statistics. Monthly Vital Statistics Report. 22(6); 24(6); 2£(6); 26(5); 22(6); 22(7); 40(8); 41(7). Public Health Service, Washington, D.C.: U.S. Government Printing Office. Homicide The age-adjusted death rate for homicide is lower in Utah than the nation (Table 38, Figure 27). Utah's homicide rate declined between 1970 and 1991, while the U.S. rate increased slightly. In 1970 the Utah homicide rate was approximately one-half of the national rate, and improved to approximately one-third in 1989. The nation's death rate for homicide declined from 9.1 in 1970 to a low of 8.3 in 1985. Since 1985, however, the U.S. rate increased (with the exception of a 0.4 rate decrease from 1986 to 1987). Table 39 Utah Age-adjusted Mortality by SexT Rates per 100,000 Population Years Total Male Female 1979-81 1982-84 1985-87 1988-90 4.2 3.6 3.5 3.2 6.2 4.7 4.1 4.3 2.3 2.5 2.8 2.0 iFrom 1979 to 1990 the Utah numbers represent a three-year average because of the small number of deaths per year. Source: Utah Department of Health, Bureau of Vital Records and Health Statistics. Unpublished report. Utah males are almost twice as likely to die from homicide as are females. In general, male death rates declined between 1979 and 1990. Female death rates gradually increased from 1979 to 1987, and then declined for the following three-year period (Table 39). 32 HEALTH STATUS |