Editing Homicide (section)

===United States===
{{see also|List of U.S. states and territories by intentional homicide rate }}
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| image1= Homicide rates per 100,000 by state. CDC. US map.svg |caption1= Homicide rates by U.S. state per 100,000 residents<ref name=cdc-table>[https://www.cdc.gov/nchs/pressroom/sosmap/homicide_mortality/homicide.htm Homicide Mortality by State]. [[National Center for Health Statistics]]. [[Centers for Disease Control and Prevention]].</ref><ref name=NH>[https://www.cdc.gov/nchs/pressroom/states/newhampshire/nh.htm New Hampshire]. [[National Center for Health Statistics]]. [[Centers for Disease Control and Prevention]].</ref><ref name=VT>[https://www.cdc.gov/nchs/pressroom/states/vermont/vt.htm Vermont]. [[National Center for Health Statistics]]. [[Centers for Disease Control and Prevention]].</ref>
| image2= Homicide rate by county.webp |caption2= Homicide rate by county
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[[File:2021 Homicide rates in high-income countries - variable-width bar chart.svg|thumb |Among 15 high-income countries, the U.S. has both the highest homicide rate, and the largest number of homicides.<ref name=UNODC_homicides_2021>● Homicide data from {{cite web |title=Homicide rate UNODC / Homicide rate, 2021 |url=https://ourworldindata.org/grapher/homicide-rate-unodc?tab=table |website=OurWorldInData.org |publisher=United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime |archive-url=https://archive.today/20241104050317/https://ourworldindata.org/grapher/homicide-rate-unodc?tab=table |archive-date=4 November 2024 |date=2023 |url-status=live}}
<br>● 2021 Population data from {{cite web |title=The World Factbook (2021 Archive) Country Comparisons – Population |url=https://www.cia.gov/the-world-factbook/about/archives/2021/field/population/country-comparison |publisher=U.S. Central Intelligence Agency |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240704193118/https://www.cia.gov/the-world-factbook/about/archives/2021/field/population/country-comparison |archive-date=4 July 2024 |url-status=live}}
<br>● List of high-income countries from {{cite web |title=High-Income Countries 2024 |url=https://worldpopulationreview.com/country-rankings/high-income-countries |publisher=World Population Review |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240620013723/https://worldpopulationreview.com/country-rankings/high-income-countries |archive-date=20 June 2024 |date=2024 |quote=World Bank's income categories are updated annually, at the start of each financial year, and are based upon the most recently released data, which tends to be 1.5 years previous. |url-status=live}}</ref>]]
[[File:Map of US, feticide laws.svg|thumb |Fetal homicide laws in the United States {{legend|#02ffff;|"Homicide" or "murder"}}
{{legend|#ffff00;|Other crime against fetus}}
{{legend|#ff3399;|Depends on age of fetus}}
{{legend|#00ff00;|Assaulting mother}}
{{legend|#c0c0c0;|No law on feticide}}
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In the US, the [[National Violent Death Reporting System]] is a centralized database of relevant information from [[death certificate]]s, [[coroner]] and [[medical examiner]] records, and law enforcement reports, which emerged from the ''National Violent Injury Statistics System''. This public health surveillance tool began collecting data in 2003 and is analyzed by the [[National Center for Injury Prevention and Control]] at the CDC to provide nationally representative data.

In 2020, there were 18,439 cases of single homicide (28.6% of all violent deaths)  in the 48 states and DC, a rate of 6.7 per 100,000 inhabitants. There were 695 cases of multiple homicide (1%) and 571 cases (<1%) of homicide followed by suicide with an overall homicide rate of 7.5 per 100,000 population. The weapons most commonly used in homicides were firearms, used in 76.7% of homicides overall; followed by a sharp instrument (9%); a blunt instrument (3%); personal weapons (e.g., hands, feet, or fists; 2.5%); and hanging, strangulation, or suffocation (1.5%). Among all homicide victims, a house or apartment was the most common location of homicide (41%); followed by a street or highway (22%); a motor vehicle (10%); and a parking lot, public garage, or public transport (4.5%). Precipitating circumstances were identified in 69% of homicides. One-third of homicides with known circumstances were precipitated by an argument or conflict (34%), and 15% of homicides with known circumstances were related to [[intimate partner violence]]. Homicides also were commonly precipitated by another crime (23%); in 66% of those cases, the crime was in progress at the time of the incident like assault or homicide (38.9%), robbery (32.9%), drug trade (14.5%), burglary (11%), motor vehicle theft (5%), rape or sexual assault (2%). A larger proportion of homicides of females than males resulted from [[caregiver abuse]] or neglect (9.0% versus 2.7%) or were perpetrated by a suspect with a [[mental health problem]] (e.g., schizophrenia or other psychotic conditions, depression, or [[posttraumatic stress disorder]]) (6.3% versus 1.7%). Homicide rates are known to be higher in males and in communities with concentrated poverty, stressed economies, residential instability, neighborhood disorganization, low community cohesion, and informal controls. The overall firearm homicide rate in 2020 was higher than in the last 20 years, disproportionately borne by Native Americans and Black persons. It is thought that the [[COVID-19 pandemic]] increased social and economic stress.<ref name="mmwr">{{Cite journal |last=Liu |first=Grace S. |date=2023 |title=Surveillance for Violent Deaths — National Violent Death Reporting System, 48 States, the District of Columbia, and Puerto Rico, 2020 |url=https://www.cdc.gov/mmwr/volumes/72/ss/ss7205a1.htm |journal=MMWR. Surveillance Summaries |language=en-us |volume=72 |issue=5 |pages=1–38 |doi=10.15585/mmwr.ss7205a1 |pmid=37220104 |s2cid=258865008 |issn=1546-0738|pmc=10208308 }}</ref>