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2012 | Shannon, South Dakota | Homicide rate

Summary Information

Range in South Dakota
(Min-Max):
2-21
Overall in South Dakota: 3
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
Aurora
Beadle
Bennett
Bon Homme
Brookings
Brown
Brule
Buffalo
Butte
Campbell
Charles Mix
Clark
Clay
Codington
Corson
Custer
Davison
Day
Deuel
Dewey
Douglas
Edmunds
Fall River
Faulk
Grant
Gregory
Haakon
Hamlin
Hand
Hanson
Harding
Hughes
Hutchinson
Hyde
Jackson
Jerauld
Jones
Kingsbury
Lake
Lawrence
Lincoln
Lyman
Marshall
McCook
McPherson
Meade
Mellette
Miner
Minnehaha21-3
Moody
Pennington
Perkins
Potter
Roberts
Sanborn
Shannon2112-30
Spink
Stanley
Sully
Todd
Tripp
Turner
Union
Walworth
Yankton
Ziebach