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Violent Crime Violent Crime measures the effect of criminal behavior on a population’s health. It represents factors such as illegal drug use and various social ills. Violent crime measures the annual number of murders, rapes, robberies and aggravated assaults per 100,000 population. Violent crime reflects an aspect of current U.S. lifestyle and is an indicator of health risk and death. Table 24 displays the 2006 ranks, based on 2005 data (Crime in the United States: 2005. Washington, D.C., Federal Bureau of Investigation). The violent crime rate varies from a low of 98 offenses per 100,000 population in North Dakota, 112 offenses per 100,000 population in Maine and 120 offenses per 100,000 population in Vermont to a high of 761 offenses per 100,000 population in South Carolina, 753 offenses per 100,000 population in Tennessee and 708 offenses per 100,000 population in Florida. The national average is 469 offenses per 100,000 population, up 6 offenses per 100,000 population from the revised FBI crime rate for the prior year and down 140 offenses per 100,000 population from the 1990 Edition. The largest reported decrease in violent crime from the 2005 Edition occurred in Louisiana where reported offenses decreased by 45 offenses per 100,000 population. Eighteen other states experienced decreases. The largest reported increases occurred in Delaware, from 568 to 632 offenses per 100,000 population and in Michigan, from 490 to 552 offenses per 100,000 population. This is the seventh year that the national violent crime rate is lower than the 1990 Edition. However, 19 states experienced increases since 1990, led by Tennessee, Delaware and Alaska with increases of 219 offenses, 200 offenses and 177 offenses per 100,000 population, respectively. New York, California and Florida reduced violent crime the most since the 1990 Edition, decreasing from 1,007 to 446 offenses per 100,000 population, from 918 to 526 offenses per 100,000 population, and from 1,024 to 708 offenses per 100,000 population, respectively.
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