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. 2017 Mar 30;48(1):9–11.

Table 1. Homicide Rates in the Americas in 2013.

Country Cases Rate*
Honduras 6,431 75.2
Jamaica 1,200 44.2
Guatemala 5,253 34.0
Colombia 15,234 32.3
Belize 99 28.3
Dominican Republic 1,978 19.3
Brazil 57,045 17.5
Panama 666 17.3
Ecuador 1,723 10.9
Nicaragua 594 9.8
Paraguay 666 9.8
Uruguay 260 7.7
Peru 2,013 6.6
Chile 481 2.7
El Salvador 2,499 n.d.
Bolivia 938 n.d.

n.d. = no data.

*Rates per 100,000 inhabitants.

Created by the CISALVA Institute of the Universidad del Valle, Colombia.

Sources: Proyecto SES/Sub Unidades Técnicas Nacionales in participating countries (2014). 7 No consolidated data are available for Argentina, Costa Rica, Guyana and Mexico for 2013.