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NEW Murders by Type of Weapon, USA by State, 2006

This dataset was retrieved from the U.S. Department of Justice Federal Bureau of Investigation Criminal Justice Information Services Division website on February 29, 2008. "This table provides the type of weapons used in murder offenses. The data are based on the aggregated data from agencies within each state for which supplemental homicide data (i.e., weapon information) were reported to the FBI. The table also includes a breakdown of the types of firearms used in murders (i.e., handguns, rifles, shotguns, or unknown firearms)". "The FBI collects these data through the Uniform Crime Reporting (UCR) Program". Estimated population was added for each state for 2006 that appeared on Table 5 of the data from 2006. Total murders from 2005 and 2004 were also included. Please see the Data Declaration for further information on the data set. Values of -1 represent no value.

Attributes Range Median Mean Standard Deviation
Total Murders 2004 -1 - 2391 167.00 276.84 400.78

Total Murders 2004

Knives or Cutting Instruments -1 - 315 22.00 35.69 51.08

Knives or Cutting Instruments

Region State or Province column (no statistics available)

Region

Total Murders 2005 -1 - 2503 171.00 291.33 418.18

Total Murders 2005

Hands, Fists, Feet, etc -1 - 130 12.00 16.29 22.21

Hands, Fists, Feet, etc. Pushed is included in hands, fists, feet, etc.

Shotguns -1 - 71 7.00 9.39 14.13

Shotguns

Handguns -1 - 1623 72.00 152.80 258.07

Handguns

Rifles -1 - 74 3.00 8.51 14.08

Rifles

Other Weapons -1 - 351 28.00 42.27 62.16

Other Weapons

Firearms (type unknown) -1 - 236 11.00 28.69 42.93

Firearms (type unknown)

State Name Text column (no statistics available)

State Name

Estimated population of each state in 2006 515004.00 - 36457549.00 4206074.00 5870558.51 6638473.53

Estimated population of each state in 2006

State Name Text column (no statistics available)

State Name

Total Firearms -1 - 1822 98.00 199.51 299.85

Total Firearms

Total murders -1 - 2485 163.00 293.88 417.59

Total murders. Total number of murders for which supplemental homicide data were received.

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