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UNODC. 2014 ‘Homicides and Gun Homicides in Bolivia.’ Global Study on Homicide 2013: Trends, Context, Data. Vienna: United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC). 10 April
Relevant contents
Homicides in Bolivia (Plurinational State of) (2000-2012)
Year: Homicides - HomRate
2012: 1,270 - 12.1
2011: 1,029 - 10.0
2010: 1,052 - 10.4
2009: 835 - 8.4
2008: 850 - 8.6
2007: 787 - 8.1
2006: 598 - 6.3
2005: 654 - 7.0
Source: National police
Gun Homicides in Bolivia (Plurinational State of) (2005-2012)
Year: Gun% - GunHom*
2010: 7 - 74
2006: 2 - 12
2005: 2 - 13
Source: CTS
[CTS = United Nations Surveys on Crime Trends and the Operations of Criminal Justice Systems]
Homicides: Count (number per annum) of homicides by all methods
HomRate: Annual rate of homicide (all methods) per 100,000 population
Gun%: Percentage of all homicides committed with a firearm
GunHom: Count (number per annum) of homicides committed with a firearm
[*Editor's Note: As this edition of the Global Study on Homicide does not provide the number of gun deaths, GunPolicy.org calculates the annual number of homicides committed with a firearm as follows: Homicides x Gun% = GunHom.]
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