Citation(s) from the GunPolicy.org literature library
UNODC. 2013 ‘Homicide in 207 Countries - Zambia.’ Global Study on Homicide 2011: Trends, Context, Data; Statistical Annex (with online datasets). Vienna: United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime. 26 June
Relevant contents
Homicide in Zambia
Year: Homicides - HomRate - Gun% - GunHom - GunRate (Source)
2011: nr
2010: 239 - 1.8 - 11.7 - 28 - 0.4 (CTS - NP)
2009: 392 - 3.1 - 4.8 - 19 - 0.2 (CTS - NP)
2008: 4,710 or 339 - 38 or 2.7 - 7.4 - 25 - 0.3 (WHO or CTS - WHO or CTS - NP - NP - NP)
2007: 413 - 3.4 - 4.6 - 19 - 0.3 (CTS - NP)
2006: 386 - 3.3 - 4.9 - 19 - 0.3 (CTS - NP)
2005: 354 - 3.1 - 5.4 - 19 - 0.3 (CTS - NP)
2004: 357 - 3.2 - 5.6 - 20 - 0.3 (CTS - NP)
2003: nr
2002: nr
2001: nr
2000: 797 - 7.8 - nr - nr - nr (CTS)
1999: 1,072 - 10.8 - nr - nr - nr (CTS)
1998: 872 - 9.0 - nr - nr - nr (CTS)
1997: nr
1996: nr
1995: nr
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
[NP = National police; WHO = World Health Organisation Causes of Death 2008 dataset; CTS = United Nations Surveys on Crime Trends and the Operations of Criminal Justice Systems]
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