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Show Homicide (ICD-9Code: E960-E978) (1995 Total Deaths in Utah = 7) The age-adjusted death rate for homicide in Utah is 44% that of the nation. The U.S. rate had been at a high of approximately 10.5 between 1990 and 1994. This number dramatically dropped in 1995 to a low of 8.8 deaths per 100,000. Utah males are twice as likely to die from homicide than are Utah females. Table 56. Homicide Mortality by Sex in Utah* Table 55. Homicide Years Total Male Female 1979-81 4.2 6.2 2.3 1982-84 3.6 4.7 2.6 1985-87 3.5 4.0 2.9 1988-90 3.2 4.3 2.0 1991-93 3.3 4.4 2.2 1994 3.4 5.0 1.9 1995 3.9 5.2 2.7 Age-adjusted rates per 100,000 population. From 1979 to 1993 the Utah numbers represent a three-year average because of the small number of deaths per year. Figure 31________________________________ Utah:U.S. Year Utah U.S. (Ratio) 1970 4.1 9.1 0.45:1 1980 3.8 10.8 0.36:1 1981 4.1 10.4 0.39:1 1982 3.7 9.7 0.39:1 1983 3.8 8.6 0.44:1 1984 3.3 8.4 0.39:1 1985 2.9 8.3 0.35:1 1986 3.3 9.0 0.38:1 1987 4.1 8.6 0.48:1 1988 3.2 9.0 0.36:1 1989 3.2 9.4 0.34:1 1990 3.1 10.2 0.30:1 1991 3.4 10.9 0.31:1 1992 3.0 10.5 0.29:1 1993 3.5 10.5 0.33:1 1994 3.4 9.7 0.35:1 1995 3.9 8.8 0.44:1 *Age-adjusted rates per 100,000 population. Age-adjusted to the 1940 standard population. Homicide 15 -r Utah U.S. Age-adjusted Rates per 100,000 Population 10 --.' 5 -- 0 1970 1981 1983 1985 1987 1989 1991 1993 1995 Tables. 55 and 56. Sources: Utah 1982-1995: Utah Department of Health, Division of community Health Services. Action 2000. Utah 1970-1982: Utah Department of Health, Division of Community Health. Unpublished report. U.S. 1979-1992:National Center for Health Statistics. Monthly Vital Statistics Report. 33(6); 34(6); 35(5); 37(6); 39(7); 40(8); 41.(7); 42(2); 43(6S). Public Health Service Washington, D.C.: U.S. Govenment Printing Office. U.S. 1970: United States Bureau of the Census. (1992). Statistical Abstract of the United States: 1992 (112th ed.). Washington, DC: U.S. Government Printing Office, p.81. 101 |
