Table 1. Population rates for 1999 and 2009 for all female homicides, intimate femicide, and non-intimate femicide by age, race, gunshot, and suspected rape homicides, and incidence rate ratio of estimates of population rates between study years.
| Homicide Characteristic | 1999 (Unweighted = 1,052; Weighted = 3,793) | 2009 (Unweighted = 930; Weighted = 2,363) | IRR of Population Rate Estimates 2009/1999 (95% CI) | ||||
| Female Population | N (95% CI) | Rate per 100,000 Population (95% CI) | Female Population | N (95% CI) | Rate per 100,000 Population (95% CI) | ||
| Overall female homicide | 15,360,904 | 3,793 (2,693, 4,894) | 24.7 (17.7, 31.6) | 18,273,358 | 2,363 (1,703, 3,024) | 12.9 (9.3, 16.5) | 0.52 (0.20, 0.84) |
| NIF | 15,360,904 | 1,335 (959, 1,710) | 8.6 (6.2, 11.1) | 18,273,358 | 768 (534, 1,003) | 4.2 (3.0, 5.5) | 0.48 (0.18, 0.78) |
| IF | 15,360,904 | 1,349 (972, 1,727) | 8.8 (6.2, 11.2) | 18,273,358 | 1,024 (725, 1,322) | 5.6 (4.0, 7.2) | 0.63 (0.24, 1.02) |
| IF by age group | |||||||
| 14–29 y | 6,892,855 | 649 (441, 857) | 10.3 (6.3, 12.4) | 7,885,758 | 474 (328, 631) | 6.0 (4.2, 8.0) | 0.63 (0.25, 1.02) |
| 30–44 y | 4,363,286 | 524 (336, 712) | 12.8 (7.7, 16.3) | 5,047,200 | 430 (285, 574) | 8.5 (5.6, 11.4) | 0.70 (0.23, 1.18) |
| 45–59 y | 2,261,298 | 71 (26, 117) | 3.5 (1.1, 5.1) | 3,193,500 | 103 (59, 147) | 3.2 (1.8, 4.6) | 1.02 (0, 2.08) |
| 60+ y | 1,843,465 | 26 (8, 44) | 1.5 (0.4, 2.3) | 2,146,900 | 14 (1, 26) | 0.7 (.05, 1.2) | 0.46 (0, 1.03) |
| IF by victim's racial group | |||||||
| African | 11,683,651 | 1,023 (710, 1,336) | 8.8 (6.0, 11.4) | 14,137,939 | 801 (563, 1,039) | 5.7 (4.0, 7.3) | 0.64 (0.24, 1.05) |
| Coloured | 1,375,413 | 252 (40, 464) | 18.3 (2.9, 33.7) | 1,711,912 | 173 (30, 316) | 10.1 (1.8, 18.5) | 0.55 (0, 1.25) |
| Indian | 424,331 | 21 (0, 44) | 4.9 (0, 10.3) | 510,296 | 18 (0, 35) | 3.5 (0, 6.9) | 0.71 (0, 1.85) |
| White | 1,974,767 | 53 (20, 86) | 2.8 (1.0, 4.3) | 1,912,465 | 28 (0, 35) | 1.5 (0, 1.8) | 0.54 (0, 1.15) |
| Gunshot homicide | |||||||
| All female homicide | 15,360,904 | 1,147 (557, 1,735) | 7.5 (3.6, 11.3) | 18,273,358 | 462 (281, 642) | 2.5 (1.6, 3.5) | 0.33 (0.08, 0.59) |
| IF | 15,360,904 | 405 (189, 619) | 2.7 (1.2, 4.0) | 18,273,358 | 179 (99, 258) | 1.0 (0.5, 1.4) | 0.37 (0.07, 0.66) |
| NIF | 15,360,904 | 435 (198, 669) | 2.8 (1.3, 4.4) | 18,273,358 | 132 (70, 193) | 0.7 (0.4, 1.1) | 0.25 (0.04, 0.46) |
| Suspected rape homicide | |||||||
| All female homicide | 15,360,904 | 526 (246, 806) | 3.4 (1.6, 5.2) | 18,273,358 | 455 (306, 605) | 2.5 (1.7, 3.3) | 0.72 (0.19, 1.25) |
| IF | 15,360,904 | 151 (63, 239) | 1.0 (0.4, 1.6) | 18,273,358 | 108 (64, 151) | 0.6 (0.4, 0.8) | 0.60 (0.13, 1.07) |
| NIF | 15,360,904 | 171 (63, 277) | 1.1 (0.4, 1.8) | 18,273,358 | 210 (130, 291) | 1.2 (0.7, 1.6) | 1.03 (0.17, 1.88) |
IF, intimate femicide; NIF, non-intimate femicide.