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America's Health: State Health Rankings - 2004 Edition
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| Introduction to Outcomes |
| Limited Activity Days |
| Cardiovascular Deaths |
| Cancer Deaths |
| Total Mortality |
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Violent Crime Violent Crime measures the effect of criminal behavior on a population's health. It represents factors such as illegal drug use and various social ills. Violent crime measures the annual number of murders, rapes, robberies and aggravated assaults per 100,000 population. Violent crime reflects an aspect of current U.S. lifestyle and is an indicator of health risk and death. Table 22 displays the 2004 ranks, based on 2002 data (Crime in the United States: 2002. Washington, D.C., Federal Bureau of Investigation). The rate varies from a low of 78 offenses per 100,000 population in North Dakota, 107 offenses per 100,000 population in Vermont and 108 offenses per 100,000 population in Maine to a high of 770 offenses per 100,000 population in both Maryland and Florida and 822 offenses per 100,000 population in South Carolina. The national average is 495 offenses per 100,000 population, down 10 offenses per 100,000 population from the 2003 Edition and down 114 offenses per 100,000 population from the 1990 Edition. The largest reported decreases in violent crime in the past year occurred in West Virginia and New Mexico, where offenses decreased by 45 offenses and 41 offenses per 100,000 population, respectively. Twenty-nine other states also experienced decreases. The largest reported increases occurred in South Carolina (from 720 to 822 offenses per 100,000 population) and in Nevada (from 587 to 638 offenses per 100,000 population). This is the fifth year that the national violent crime rate is lower than the 1990 Edition. However, 21 states have experienced increases, led by Montana, Tennessee, Delaware and South Carolina with increases of 201 offenses, 183 offenses, 167 offenses and 157 offenses per 100,000 population, respectively, since the 1990 Edition. New York and California have reduced violent crime the most since the 1990 Edition, decreasing from 1,007 to 496 offenses per 100,000 population and from 918 to 593 offenses per 100,000 population, respectively.  |
1 Source: 2002 data, (Crime in the United States, Federal Bureau of Investigation) |
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