Dear schukei-ga,
I am not sure as to what you mean by killed - I assume you mean
murdered. If it is not, I think you will find these documents will
supply any other information you require. The latest statistics
available from the National Center for Health Statistics are for 2003.
In 2003 there were 2,448,288 deaths in the US. Homicide was the
fifteenth in the leading causes of death: 17,732 deaths. (0.7 per cent
of all deaths.)
See table 2, page 2 of this document
http://www.cdc.gov/nchs/data/hestat/finaldeaths03_tables.pdf
The 15 leading causes of death in 2003 (Table 2) were:
Diseases of heart (heart disease)
Malignant neoplasms (cancer)
Cerebrovascular diseases (stroke)
Chronic lower respiratory diseases
Accidents (unintentional injuries)
Diabetes mellitus (diabetes)
Influenza and pneumonia
Alzheimer?s disease
Nephritis, nephrotic syndrome and nephrosis (kidney disease)
Septicemia
Intentional self-harm (suicide)
Chronic liver disease and cirrhosis
Essential (primary) hypertension and hypertensive renal disease (hypertension)
Parkinson?s disease
Assault (homicide)
http://www.cdc.gov/nchs/products/pubs/pubd/hestats/finaldeaths03/finaldeaths03.htm
In 2002 there were 2,443,387 deaths in the US.
Homicide was the fifteenth in the leading causes of death: 17,638
deaths. (0.7 per cent of all deaths.)
Deaths: Final Data for 2002
http://www.cdc.gov/nchs/data/nvsr/nvsr53/nvsr53_05.pdf
http://www.cdc.gov/nchs/fastats/deaths.htm
I hope this answers your question. If it does not, or the answer is
unclear, then please ask for clarification of this research before
rating the answer. I shall respond to the clarification request as
soon as I receive it.
Thank you
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