Venezuelan Murder Rate to Set Record This Year (2011)

[joshcryer]

Venezuelan Murder Rate to Set Record This Year
According to The Venezuela Violence Observatory (OVV), at least 19,336 people have been murdered in 2011, or an average of more than two every hour, or about 53 every day.

At that rate, Venezuela has one of the highest homicide rates in the world – the frequency of killings in the country is four times the magnitude of murderous violence in drug-plagued Mexico and double the rate in neighboring Colombia.

Indeed, the murder rate in Venezuela – 67 per every 100,000 residents --- compares with a figure of 32 in Colombia and 14 in Mexico.

The global average is 6.9 murders per 100,000 inhabitants.

Wow.

[newfie11]

1. I wonder how that compares to America? n/t

[Bacchus4.0]

3. the US is significantly lower n-t

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[ChangoLoa]

4. 1 to 10 more or less. nt

[Bacchus4.0]

2. incredible nt

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[ocpagu]

5. Hmmm...

"Indeed, the murder rate in Venezuela – 67 per every 100,000 residents --- compares with a figure of 32 in Colombia and 14 in Mexico."

The question is: are the official figures of murder rate in Colombia trustable at all?

[Bacchus4.0]

6. yes, compare that with the descrepency between the Ven gov and the NGO statistics

the whereas the government doesn't even publish violence numbers and just says whatever so they don't look as inept as they are.

[ChangoLoa]

7. Are they trustable in Brazil (25/100,000)?

[ocpagu]

8. As far as I know, yes.

Not sure about Colombia, though.