Injuries from Violent Crime, 1992-98

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• Alternative Title:
  National Crime Victimization Survey
• Personal Author:
  Simon, Thomas R. ; Mercy, James A. ; Perkins, Craig
• Corporate Authors:
  United States, Bureau of Justice Statistics.
• Description:
  Estimates from the National Crime Victimization Survey (NCVS) indicate that each year between 1992 and 1998 an average of 10.2 million U.S. residents age 12 or older were victims of violence, including simple assault, aggravated assault, robbery, rape, and sexual assault. Overall, 25% of these violent crime victims about 2.6 million people were injured each year. Approximately 1 in 8 of these victims, 344,000 people annually, were severely injured. In addition, on average each year more than 21,000 people were murdered, 1992-98. Rates of injury from violence were higher among the young, the poor, urban dwellers, blacks, Hispanics, and American Indians. Injury rates were lower among the elderly, persons with higher incomes, persons with higher educational attainment, and the married or widowed. Persons victimized by an intimate partner were more likely than those victimized by acquaintances or strangers to be injured.
• Subjects:
  Ambulatory Medical Care Crime Victims Utilization Wounds And Injuries
• Source:
  Special report (United States. Bureau of Justice Statistics)
• Document Type:
  Text
• Genre:
  Statistics
• Place as Subject:
  United States
• Pages in Document:
  print; 11 p. ; 28 cm.
• Collection(s):
  Stephen B. Thacker CDC Library
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