Bureau of Justice Statistics,
filename: hmrt.csv,
"data source:  Vital Statistics of the United States, National Center for Health Statistics",
contact: Erica Smith,
refer questions to: askbjs@usdoj.gov (202) 307-0765,
date of version 1/08/08,

Homicide rates from the Vital Statistics,

,Homicide rate
1900,1.2
1901,1.2
1902,1.2
1903,1.1
1904,1.3
1905,2.1
1906,3.9
1907,4.9
1908,4.8
1909,4.2
1910,4.6
1911,5.5
1912,5.4
1913,6.1
1914,6.2
1915,5.9
1916,6.3
1917,6.9
1918,6.5
1919,7.2
1920,6.8
1921,8.1
1922,8
1923,7.8
1924,8.1
1925,8.3
1926,8.4
1927,8.4
1928,8.6
1929,8.4
1930,8.8
1931,9.2
1932,9
1933,9.7
1934,9.5
1935,8.3
1936,8
1937,7.6
1938,6.8
1939,6.4
1940,6.3
1941,6
1942,5.9
1943,5.1
1944,5
1945,5.7
1946,6.4
1947,6.1
1948,5.9
1949,5.4
1950,5.3
1951,4.9
1952,5.2
1953,4.8
1954,4.8
1955,4.5
1956,4.6
1957,4.5
1958,4.5
1959,4.6
1960,4.7
1961,4.7
1962,4.8
1963,4.9
1964,5.1
1965,5.5
1966,5.9
1967,6.8
1968,7.3
1969,7.7
1970,8.3
1971,9.1
1972,9.4
1973,9.7
1974,10.1
1975,9.9
1976,9
1977,9.1
1978,9.2
1979,10
1980,10.7
1981,10.3
1982,9.6
1983,8.6
1984,8.4
1985,8.4
1986,9,
1987,8.7,
1988,9,
1989,9.3,
1990,10,
1991,10.5,
1992,10,
1993,10.1,
1994,9.6,
1995,8.7,
1996,7.9,
1997,7.4,
1998,6.8,
1999,6.2,
2000,6.1,
2001,7.1,*
2002,6.1
2003,6.1
2004,5.9

* Includes 9/11 terrorism deaths,
"Source: National Center for Health Statistics, Vital Statistics",