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2012 | Issaquena, Mississippi | Homicide rate

Summary Information

Range in Mississippi
(Min-Max):
4-26
Overall in Mississippi: 10
Years of Data Used: 2002-2008
What It Is:

Homicide is represented as a crude death rate due to murder or non-negligent manslaughter per 100,000 population.

Where It Comes From:

These data were calculated for the County Health Rankings by National Center for Health Statistics (NCHS) at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) using data from the National Vital Statistics System (NVSS).  NCHS used data for a seven-year period to create more robust estimates of cause-specific mortality, particularly for counties with smaller populations.

Table ↓
Homicide Rate Age-adjusted homicide rate per 100,000
Error Margin 95% confidence interval reported by National Center for Health Statistics
PlaceHomicide RateError Margin
Adams127-16
Alcorn
Amite
Attala1710-24
Benton
Bolivar1813-23
Calhoun
Carroll
Chickasaw
Choctaw
Claiborne
Clarke
Clay
Coahoma2619-33
Copiah
Covington
DeSoto43-6
Forrest86-10
Franklin
George
Greene
Grenada159-21
Hancock
Harrison108-12
Hinds2119-23
Holmes2315-31
Humphreys
Issaquena
Itawamba
Jackson108-12
Jasper
Jefferson
Jefferson Davis2212-31
Jones107-13
Kemper
Lafayette
Lamar
Lauderdale107-13
Lawrence
Leake
Lee53-7
Leflore1712-23
Lincoln
Lowndes74-9
Madison129-15
Marion1610-22
Marshall85-12
Monroe
Montgomery
Neshoba
Newton
Noxubee
Oktibbeha74-10
Panola85-12
Pearl River
Perry
Pike96-13
Pontotoc
Prentiss
Quitman
Rankin43-6
Scott127-17
Sharkey
Simpson
Smith
Stone
Sunflower127-16
Tallahatchie
Tate
Tippah
Tishomingo
Tunica
Union
Walthall
Warren129-16
Washington2117-26
Wayne
Webster
Wilkinson
Winston
Yalobusha
Yazoo1913-25