Data Item | 1976 | 1977 | 1978 | 1979 | 1980 | 1981 | 1982 | 1983 | 1984 | 1985 | 1986 | 1987 | 1988 | 1989 | 1990 | 1991 | 1992 | 1993 | 1994 | 1995 | 1996 | 1997 | 1998 | 1999 | 2000 | 2001 | 2002 | 2003 | 2004 | 2005 |
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Male victims | 1.23 | 1.17 | 1.07 | 1.13 | 1.06 | 1.10 | 0.97 | 0.94 | 0.83 | 0.80 | 0.81 | 0.76 | 0.69 | 0.72 | 0.67 | 0.59 | 0.53 | 0.50 | 0.51 | 0.40 | 0.36 | 0.31 | 0.34 | 0.28 | 0.28 | 0.25 | 0.24 | 0.23 | 0.24 | 0.23 |
Female victims | 1.42 | 1.26 | 1.29 | 1.30 | 1.32 | 1.32 | 1.24 | 1.21 | 1.18 | 1.26 | 1.28 | 1.19 | 1.25 | 1.11 | 1.16 | 1.15 | 1.09 | 1.18 | 1.04 | 0.96 | 0.94 | 0.86 | 0.93 | 0.84 | 0.86 | 0.82 | 0.81 | 0.78 | 0.78 | 0.79 |
U.S. homicides of intimate partners, per 100,000 people.
Source: Steven Pinker, The Better Angels of Our Nature (New York: Penguin Group, 2011), Pg. 411.