Homicide rates from selected border cities, 1995-1997
(measured in homicides per 100,000 residents)

• City	Female	Male	Females Aged 15-24	Females Aged 25-44	Males Aged 15-24	Males Aged 25-44	Both sexes	Both sexes Aged 15-24
  Ciudad Juarez	7.9	47.1	12.4	7.7	83.7	35.3	27.5	48.5
  El Paso	2.4	7.7	1.1	4.7	18.9	7.3	4.9	10.1
  Tijuana	2.4	34.9	3.6	4.0	54.2	31.5	18.8	29.0
  San Diego	3.1	10.1	3.0	4.3	18.9	9.4	6.6	11.9

Source: Pan American Health Organization, Mortality Profiles of the Sister Communities on the United States - Mexico Border, 2000.

Homicide rates from selected Mexican states, 2001
(rates in homicides per 100,000 residents)

• State	Female	Male	Both Sexes	Unspecified Sex*
  Chihuahua	6.6	20.9	14.9	9.8
  Federal District (Mexico City)	3.5	11.4	7.6	0.0
  Veracruz	4.7	13.7	9.8	50.0
  Yucatan	4.4	11.5	8.2	0.0
  Mexico Total	5.4	16.5	11.6	16.2

*Many Mexican states, like the state of Chihuahua, do not record homicide rates by gender.

Source: Instituto Nacional de Estadística, Geografía e Informática (INEGI), “Proporción de muertes violentas con respecto al total de defunciones por entidad federative y sexo, 2001.”

Female Homicide Rates in the United States, 1999

In the United States in 1999, the homicide rate among female victims murdered by males in single victim/single offender incidents was 1.35 per 100,000. Nevada had the highest rate, with 3.38, followed by Alaska (3.06), Louisiana (2.51), and Arizona (2.24). Texas was in 15th place with 1.61.

Overall, black women were murdered at a rate (3.18) more than three times higher than white women (0.96). Hispanic ethnicity could not be determined on a national level.

Compared to a man, a woman is far more likely to be killed by her spouse, an intimate acquaintance, or a family member than by a stranger. More than 11 times as many females were murdered by a male they knew (1,521) than by a male stranger (133).

Source: Violence Policy Center: “When Men Murder Women: An Analysis of 1999 Homicide Data,” http://www.vpc.org/studies/dv4one.htm.