Posted on 11/10/2007 4:19:56 PM PST by shrinkermd
...Of course, television doesn't always tell the whole story. The average American is 36 times more likely to die from heart disease than be murdered, six times more likely to die in an accident and four times more likely to die from Alzheimer's disease, according to data compiled by the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention's National Center for Health Statistics.
But homicide does result in many thousands of deaths every year. And a comparison of the 72 American cities with a population over 250,000, using data from the Federal Bureau of Investigation's Uniform Crime Reporting Program, reveals that some places are definitely more murderous...
The ten most murderous cities are discussed in detail but for the record they are:
Surprisingly, the country's biggest cities aren't usually the most dangerous. Out of the 10 most murderous cities in America, only one, Philadelphia, has a population over 1 million. And America's biggest metro, New York City, is also one of its safest; with a murder rate of 7.3 per 100,000 people, it comes in at No. 50 on a list of the 72 American cities with a population over 250,000
(Excerpt) Read more at forbes.com ...
I demand a recount !!! New Orleans should be number one.
We insist on allowing all our displaced citizens to have their right to be counted.
After all, Houston says the 1/4 of all their homicides involved former denizens of New Orleans.
I see that Gary, Indiana and Camden, New Jersey are no longer on the list. Otherwise, no surprises here.
I thought Philly would rank up there at #2 or #3 at least?
Q: What goes 'Clip-clop...clip-clop...BANG!...clip-clop...clip-clop...BANG!'?
A: an Amish drive-by shooting.
....How many of these cities are run by the rats??.....
Think Zimbabwe and ask the question again
Interesting that most, if not all, of these cities are enclaves run by liberal Democrats.
Ah... maybe because most of the people have been killed off by now... ?
That's 5.7 per 100,000, not 5.7 per 100. Slight difference.
Great minds think alike.
Only because the name hasn't been taken off the map yet. Anybody living there except the guy who was supposed to turn off the lights?
Hot Tabasco wrote: “We’re number 1! We’re number 1! We’re number 1...............Should have been last year too but I don’t think they count the numbers that didn’t die immediately..........”
Er, congrats.
“Heck, we’re even logging multiples on weekends so eat that L.A. and Washington DC.....”
LOL.
Where is the outrage? Where are all of the protesters? The anti-war crowd has chosen the death toll in Iraq as the foundation of their protest. If they are so concerned about the loss of American lives, why aren't they doing something about the murder rate right here in America?
They don't give a crap about our troops or their families. All they really care about is hating America and protesting our actions abroad. If they truly cared about the loss of American lives, they would do something productive to reduce the number of murders, car crash fatalities and even incidental fatalities right here at home, each of which exceed the number of war dead annually.
Do you see them doing anything productive? I didn't think so!
Is there ANY major city not run by ‘Rat liberals?
Maybe these stats are based on convictions.
"And a comparison of the 72 American cities with a population over 250,000" -- Gary only has 98k and Camden has 79k, both on a long population slide.
Bingo!
Sorry, this doesn't pass the smell test.
Bravo Sierra.
Meanwhile, anybody happen to know what the social stats are like in Utah, Switzerland, and Amish country?
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