Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10.2 9/18/84; site peora.UUCP Path: utzoo!watmath!clyde!burl!ulysses!mhuxr!mhuxt!houxm!vax135!petsd!peora!joel From: joel@peora.UUCP (Joel Upchurch) Newsgroups: net.women Subject: Re: 4 out of 5 homicide victims are women??? Message-ID: <941@peora.UUCP> Date: Tue, 14-May-85 14:43:14 EDT Article-I.D.: peora.941 Posted: Tue May 14 14:43:14 1985 Date-Received: Thu, 16-May-85 03:13:54 EDT References: <107@harvard.ARPA> Distribution: net Organization: Perkin-Elmer SDC, Orlando, Fl. Lines: 6 According to the 1985 World Almanac page 784 under the heading Leading Causes of Death, by Sex and Race (1981) the ratio was 3.88 to 1 the other way. The actual title was Homicide and Legal Intervention, but I would assume that homicide would be the predominant portion. By the way the Black to White ratio was 5.89 to 1.