UNODC. 2013 ‘Homicide in 207 Countries - Mexico.’ Global Study on Homicide 2011: Trends, Context, Data; Statistical Annex (with online datasets). Vienna: United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime. 26 June

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Homicide in Mexico

Year: Homicides - HomRate - Gun% - GunHom - GunRate (Source)

2011: 27,199 - 23.7 (NSO)
2010: 25,757 or 20,585 or 24,374 - 22.7 or 18.1 or 21.5 - 54.9 - 11,309 - 10.0 (NSO or NP or PAHO/NSO - NSO or CTS/NP or PAHO/NSO - NSO/CTS - NSO/CTS - NSO/CTS)
2009: 19,803 - 14.4 or 17.7 - 54.6 - 8,804 - 7.9 (NSO - CTS/NP or NSO - NSO/CTS - NSO/CTS - NSO/CTS)
2008: 14,006 - 11.9 or 12.7 - 38.6 - 5,095 - 4.6 (NSO - CTS/NP or NSO - NSO/CTS - NSO/CTS - NSO/CTS)
2007: 8,867 - 9.4 or 8.1 - 39.4 - 4,040 - 3.7 (NSO - CTS/NP or NSO - NSO/CTS - NSO/CTS - NSO/CTS)
2006: 10,452 or 12,078 - 9.7 or 10.9 or 11.2 - 30.7 - 3,610 - 3.3 (NSO or PAHO/NSO - NSO or CTS/NP or PAHO/NSO - NSO/CTS - NSO/CTS - NSO/CTS)
2005: 9,921 or 11,181 - 9.3 or 10.6 or 10.5 - 28.5 - 3,209 - 3.0 (NSO or PAHO/NSO - NSO or CTS/NP or PAHO/NSO - NSO/CTS - NSO/CTS - NSO/CTS)
2004: 9,329 or 11,149 - 8.9 or 11.1 or 10.6 - 24.5 - 2,858 - 2.7 (NSO or PAHO/NSO - NSO or CTS/NP or PAHO/NSO - NSO/CTS - NSO/CTS - NSO/CTS)
2003: 10,087 or 11,741 - 9.7 or 12.2 or 11.3 - 23.7 - 3,006 - 2.9 (NSO or PAHO/NSO - NSO or CTS/NP or PAHO/NSO - NSO/CTS - NSO/CTS - NSO/CTS)
2002: 10,088 or 11,598 - 9.8 or 12.8 or 11.3 - 19.8 - 2,606 - 2.5 (NSO or PAHO/NSO - NSO or CTS/NP or PAHO/NSO - NSO/CTS - NSO/CTS - NSO/CTS)
2001: 10,285 or 11,856 - 10.2 or 13.7 or 11.7 - 25.3 - 3,512 - 3.5 (NSO or PAHO/NSO - NSO or CTS/NP or PAHO/NSO - NSO/CTS - NSO/CTS - NSO/CTS)
2000: 10,737 or 12,295 - 10.7 or 13.9 or 12.3 - 26.0 - 3,605 - 3.6 (NSO or PAHO/NSO - NSO or CTS/NP or PAHO/NSO - NSO/CTS - NSO/CTS - NSO/CTS)
1999: 12,249 or 14,186 - 12.4 or 14.8 or 14.4 - 60.1 - 8,780 - 8.9 (NSO or PAHO/NSO - NSO or CTS/NP or PAHO/NSO - NSO/CTS - NSO/CTS - NSO/CTS)
1998: 13,656 or 15,425 - 14.1 or 14.7 or 15.9 - 46.2 - 6,572 - 6.8 (NSO or PAHO/NSO - NSO or CTS/NP or PAHO/NSO - NSO/CTS - NSO/CTS - NSO/CTS)
1997: 13,552 or 15,080 - 14.2 or 17.7 or 15.8 - 29.9 - 5,044 - 5.3 (NSO or PAHO/NSO - NSO or CTS/NP or PAHO/NSO - NSO/CTS - NSO/CTS - NSO/CTS)
1996: 14,505 or 15,956 - 15.5 or 17.0 - nr - nr - nr (NSO or PAHO/NSO - NSO or PAHO/NSO)
1995: 15,612 or 16,978 - 16.9 or 18.4 - nr - nr - nr (NSO or PAHO/NSO - NSO or PAHO/NSO)

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
GunRate: Annual rate of firearm homicide per 100,000 population
Source: Data source or sources cited by UNODC
OR: Alternative figures provided by different sources
NR: Not reported

[PAHO = Pan American Health Organisation's Core Health Data System; NP = National police; CTS = United Nations Surveys on Crime Trends and the Operations of Criminal Justice Systems; NSO = National statistical office]

Data for 1995-2010 were collated from three online UNODC spreadsheets:
- Homicide level for 2010, or latest available year (Homicides_by_firearms.xls)
- Homicide data series to be used for trends analyses (Homicide_data_series.xls)
- Homicides by firearms (Homicide_level.xlsx)
And from Table 9.1 of the hard-copy UNODC 2011 report (pp. 104-113)

Latest data (26 June 2013 for Homicides and 14 September 2012 for Gun Homicides) were collated from two online UNODC spreadsheets:
- Homicide statistics 2013 (Homicide_statistics2013.xls)
- Homicides by firearms (Homicides_by_firearms.xls)

Last accessed at:
http://www.unodc.org/unodc/en/data-and-analysis/homicide.html

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