TABLE 1. Homicide mortality rates per 100 000 population and average annual percentage change (in parentheses) for young people (10–24 years), adolescents (10–19 years), and young adults (20–24 years) by sex in the subregions and countries of the Americas in the period 2000–2019.
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Young people 10–24 years |
Adolescents 10–19 years |
Young adults 20–24 years |
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Subregion/region |
Country |
Total |
Male |
Female |
Total |
Male |
Female |
Total |
Male |
Female |
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The Americas |
All countries |
23.6 (–0.2%) |
41.8 (–0.2%) |
5.1 (–0.8%) |
15.0 (0.1%) |
25.7 (0.2%) |
3.9 (–0.8%) |
41.2 (–0.6%) |
74.4 (–0.5%) |
7.4 (–0.4%) |
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Andean |
Bolivia (Plurinational State of) |
10.9 (0.7%) |
17.4 (0.7%) |
4.2 (0.1%) |
7.0 (1.7%) |
10.7 (1.7%) |
3.2 (1.5%) |
19.0 (0.0%) |
31.3 (–0.1%) |
6.2 (0.5%) |
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Colombia |
57.1 (–5.1%) |
101.6 (–5.3%) |
11.6 (–4.1%) |
35.2 (–4.2%) |
60.8 (–4.3%) |
8.8 (–4.0%) |
101.5 (–5.7%) |
184.5 (–6.0%) |
17.2 (–4.1%) |
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Ecuador |
15.3 (–8.2%) |
27.2 (–8.8%) |
3.1 (–4.1%) |
7.9 (–7.2%) |
13.3 (–7.6%) |
2.2 (–5.2%) |
30.6 (–8.9%) |
55.5 (–9.6%) |
4.9 (–3.0%) |
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Peru |
8.2 (0.0%) |
13.0 (–0.2%) |
3.3 (1.0%) |
5.6 (0.8%) |
8.3 (0.7%) |
2.8 (1.5%) |
13.6 (–0.6%) |
22.6 (–0.7%) |
4.3 (0.4%) |
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Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of) |
76.3 (1.7%) |
142.2 (1.8%) |
8.8 (0.1%) |
46.1 (2.2%) |
83.4 (2.4%) |
7.5 (0.0%) |
139.2 (1.3%) |
264.7 (1.4%) |
11.4 (0.4%) |
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Total |
41.1 (–2.4%) |
73.9 (–2.4) |
7.4 (–2.1%) |
25.0 (–1.9%) |
43.6 (–1.5%) |
5.9 (–1.3%) |
74.2 (–2.9%) |
136.4 (–2.9%) |
10.7 (–2.3%) |
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Latin Caribbean |
Cuba |
4.3 (–1.8%) |
6.3 (–2.1%) |
2.2 (–1.3%) |
2.4 (–1.2%) |
3.5 (–1.5%) |
1.3 (–0.4%) |
8.1 (–2.2%) |
12.0 (–2.3%) |
4.0 (–2.0%) |
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Dominican Republic |
19.5 (–0.4%) |
32.2 (–0.1%) |
6.6 (–2.3%) |
11.4 (–1.9%) |
18.0 (–1.5%) |
4.7 (–3.9%) |
36.4 (0.6%) |
61.8 (0.8%) |
10.7 (–0.6%) |
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Haiti |
28.7 (–0.2%) |
47.8 (–0.4%) |
9.8 (0.8%) |
17.2 (–0.7%) |
27.3 (–0.9%) |
6.9 (–0.1%) |
52.9 (0.1%) |
90.5 (–0.2%) |
15.9 (1.6%) |
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Total |
18.9 (0.3%) |
31.0 (0.1%) |
6.7 (0.6%) |
11.3 (–0.3%) |
17.8 (–0.5%) |
4.7 (–0.7%) |
34.3 (0.8%) |
57.6 (0.5%) |
10.8 (1.1%) |
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Mesoamerica |
Belize |
32.1 (2.1%) |
54.3 (2.2%) |
10.0 (2.0%) |
19.0 (1.5%) |
30.9 (1.6%) |
6.9 (1.4%) |
59.7 (2.5%) |
103.3 (2.5%) |
16.4 (2.5%) |
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Costa Rica |
9.4 (4.3%) |
15.8 (4.9%) |
2.7 (1.2%) |
5.0 (3.6%) |
7.9 (4.0%) |
2.0 (2.3%) |
18.6 (4.8%) |
32.6 (5.4%) |
4.0 (1.1%) |
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El Salvador |
62.2 (0.1%) |
106.9 (0.2%) |
19.7 (–1.5%) |
36.0 (1.1%) |
58.0 (1.6%) |
14.0 (–1.9%) |
116.5 (–0.6%) |
207.9 (–0.6%) |
31.6 (–1.2%) |
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Guatemala |
36.9 (–2.2%) |
64.1 (–2.4%) |
9.7 (–1.3%) |
22.4 (–2.1%) |
36.8 (–2.4%) |
7.6 (–1.3%) |
66.9 (–2.2%) |
120.0 (–2.5%) |
14.0 (–1.3%) |
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Honduras |
49.6 (–0.9%) |
65.7 (–0.7%) |
33.1 (–1.4%) |
33.3 (0.6%) |
40.8 (1.0%) |
25.6 (0.0%) |
82.9 (–2.3%) |
116.8 (–2.0%) |
48.3 (–3.0%) |
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Mexico |
14.0 (5.6%) |
24.5 (5.5%) |
3.7 (5.4%) |
7.8 (4.2%) |
12.9 (4.1%) |
2.7 (4.2%) |
27.2 (6.5%) |
49.2 (6.3%) |
5.7 (6.6%) |
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Nicaragua |
12.4 (–2.0%) |
21.1 (–1.9%) |
3.4 (–3.0%) |
9.2 (–2.9%) |
15.5 (–3.0%) |
2.6 (–2.9%) |
19.0 (–1.1%) |
32.8 (–0.9%) |
4.9 (–3.1%) |
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Panama |
23.4 (3.2%) |
41.2 (3.5%) |
5.0 (1.1%) |
14.9 (3.8%) |
25.4 (4.1%) |
4.1 (2.4%) |
41.0 (2.8%) |
74.0 (3.1%) |
6.9 (–0.6%) |
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Total |
20.6 (2.2%) |
34.6 (2.3%) |
6.7 (1.4%) |
12.3 (1.6%) |
19.3 (1.7%) |
5.1 (1.2%) |
37.6 (2.6%) |
65.8 (2.7%) |
9.9 (1.8%) |
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Non-Latin Caribbean |
Antigua and Barbuda |
3.6 (–6.7%) |
6.0 (–7.3%) |
1.3 (–4.3%) |
2.9 (–5.3%) |
4.9 (–7.0%) |
0.9 (1.3%) |
5.0 (–6.9%) |
8.2 (–5.9%) |
2.0 (–11.6%) |
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Bahamas |
21.5 (2.8%) |
37.9 (2.4%) |
5.1 (5.2%) |
13.0 (3.0%) |
22.3 (2.6%) |
3.8 (4.9%) |
39.1 (2.6%) |
70.6 (2.3%) |
7.8 (5.4%) |
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Barbados |
10.8 (–1.5%) |
17.3 (–1.2%) |
4.3 (–3.2%) |
7.0 (–1.3%) |
11.6 (–0.7%) |
2.2 (–5.5%) |
18.9 (–1.7%) |
29.0 (–1.7%) |
8.9 (–2.0%) |
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Grenada |
3.3 (1.3%) |
4.9 (1.8%) |
1.6 (–0.7%) |
2.0 (1.7%) |
2.7 (1.3%) |
1.3 (2.4%) |
5.9 (0.7%) |
9.5 (1.6%) |
2.3 (–4.0%) |
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Guyana |
16.4 (–0.1%) |
26.5 (–0.7%) |
6.2 (2.3%) |
7.1 (0.5%) |
10.1 (–1.0%) |
4.1 (5.3%) |
35.3 (–0.2%) |
60.2 (–0.4%) |
10.3 (–0.9%) |
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Jamaica |
20.8 (–2.5%) |
29.1 (–2.4%) |
12.3 (–2.7%) |
14.0 (–3.2%) |
19.1 (–2.8%) |
8.7 (–4.0%) |
34.8 (–1.9%) |
49.6 (–2.0%) |
19.7 (–1.4%) |
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Saint Lucia |
18.7 (–2.1%) |
30.5 (–3.0%) |
7.1 (1.2%) |
11.1 (1.3%) |
16.7 (–0.7%) |
5.7 (6.9%) |
33.4 (–4.6%) |
57.7 (–4.4%) |
9.5 (–6.6%) |
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Saint Vincent and the Grenadines |
17.6 (3.4%) |
27.9 (3.3%) |
7.2 (3.5%) |
7.4 (0.4%) |
9.6 (–2.5%) |
5.0 (6.6%) |
39.1 (4.5%) |
66.0 (5.1%) |
11.6 (0.6%) |
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Suriname |
7.9 (–6.5%) |
12.1 (–6.6%) |
3.4 (–6.4%) |
4.4 (–2.6%) |
6.4 (–3.1%) |
2.4 (–1.1%) |
14.8 (–9.4%) |
23.7 (–8.9%) |
5.6 (–12.9%) |
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Trinidad and Tobago |
36.1 (6.3%) |
64.6 (6.7%) |
6.9 (2.8%) |
19.9 (6.9%) |
34.2 (7.4%) |
5.3 (3.8%) |
70.5 (6.0%) |
129.6 (6.4%) |
10.3 (1.9%) |
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Total |
21.1 (0.5%) |
33.3 (0.7%) |
8.6 (–0.1%) |
12.5 (0.1%) |
18.7 (0.2%) |
6.1 (–0.2%) |
39.4 (1.1%) |
64.7 (1.2%) |
13.6 (0.1%) |
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North America |
Canada |
2.0 (–1.6%) |
3.3 (–2.1%) |
0.8 (0.7%) |
1.3 (–1.7%) |
1.9 (–2.5%) |
0.6 (1.0%) |
3.6 (–1.5%) |
6.0 (–1.9%) |
1.1 (0.4%) |
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United States of America |
8.1 (–1.7%) |
13.5 (–1.6%) |
2.4 (–2.2%) |
4.9 (–1.1%) |
8.1 (–0.9%) |
1.6 (–1.8%) |
14.5 (–2.1%) |
24.6 (–2.0%) |
4.1 (–2.5%) |
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Total |
7.5 (–1.5%) |
12.5 (–1.4%) |
2.2 (–2.0%) |
4.6 (–0.8%) |
7.5 (–0.9%) |
1.5 (–1.7%) |
13.5 (–1.9%) |
22.8 (–1.8%) |
3.8 (–2.5%) |
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Southern Cone |
Argentina |
7.7 (–0.6%) |
13.4 (–0.6%) |
1.9 (–1.0%) |
5.1 (–0.5%) |
8.6 (–0.5%) |
1.5 (–1.2%) |
13.0 (–0.7%) |
23.2 (–0.8%) |
2.6 (–0.8%) |
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Brazil |
42.2 (1.0%) |
77.1 (1.0%) |
6.4 (0.4%) |
28.5 (1.8%) |
51.0 (1.9%) |
5.2 (0.4%) |
70.7 (0.3%) |
131.2 (0.3%) |
9.0 (0.4%) |
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Chile |
5.5 (–2.2%) |
9.9 (–2.4%) |
0.9 (0.2%) |
3.4 (–1.2%) |
6.0 (–1.5%) |
0.7 (0.8%) |
9.7 (–2.9%) |
17.8 (–3.1%) |
1.4 (–0.4%) |
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Paraguay |
15.3 (–6.2%) |
26.5 (–6.1%) |
3.6 (–6.4%) |
8.5 (–7.1%) |
14.8 (–7.2%) |
2.0 (–6.6%) |
29.0 (–5.6%) |
50.2 (–5.5%) |
6.8 (–6.3%) |
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Uruguay |
8.1 (2.9%) |
13.6 (3.2%) |
2.4 (1.3%) |
5.5 (3.1%) |
8.9 (3.4%) |
1.9 (1.6%) |
13.5 (2.8%) |
23.5 (3.0%) |
3.3 (1.1%) |
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Total |
33.7 (0.9%) |
61.4 (0.9%) |
5.3 (0.0%) |
22.6 (1.2%) |
40.4 (1.3%) |
4.2 (0.1%) |
56.8 (0.3%) |
105.2 (0.2%) |
7.5 (–0.1%) |
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Source: Prepared by the authors, based on Global Health Estimates 2020 (19).