Nevada’s rate of male-on-female killings tops nation

LAS VEGAS SUN (LAS VEGAS, NV)--Nevada’s rate of women killed by men — more than double the national average — ranks first in the nation for the second consecutive year, according to a report released today.

Nevada has taken the unenviable top spot four of the past five years in the “When Men Murder Women” report released by the Violence Policy Center, a Washington, D.C.-based nonprofit organization that studies gun violence. This year’s report analyzes homicides from 2009, the most recent data available from the FBI.
Nevada’s homicide rate of women killed by men in 2009 was 2.7 per 100,000, according to the report. The national average was 1.25 per 100,000.

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