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Map 1.2: Homicide rates at the sub-national level (2012 or latest year)

Note: The boundaries and names shown and the designations used on this map do not imply official endorsement or acceptance by the United Nations. Dashed lines represent undeter-mined boundaries. The dotted line represents approximately the Line of Control in Jammu and Kashmir agreed upon by India and Pakistan. The final status of Jammu and Kashmir has not yet been agreed upon by the parties. The final boundary between the Republic of Sudan and the Republic of South Sudan has not yet been determined. A dispute exists between the Governments of Argentina and the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland concerning sovereignty over the Falkland Islands (Malvinas).

Source: UNODC Homicide Statistics (2013).

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Homicide rate

0.00 - 2.99

3.00 - 4.99

5.00 - 9.99

10.00 - 19.99

20.00 - 29.99

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Note: The boundaries and names shown and the designations used on this map do not imply official endorsement or acceptance by the United Nations.Dashed lines represent undetermined boundaries. Dotted line represents approximately the Line of Control in Jammu and Kashmir agreed upon by India and Pakistan. The final status of Jammu and Kashmir has not yet been agreed upon by the parties.The final boundary between the Republic of Sudan and the Republic of South Sudan has not yet been determined.

brazil: Stability in the national homicide rate masks disparities at the sub-national level

A good example of stability in a country’s national homicide rate disguising dispari-ties in homicide rates within its territory is Brazil, where, although the national homi-cide rate has changed little over the last 30 years, there have been significant changes within its different states. Homicide rates have declined in the States (and cities) of Rio de Janeiro and Sao Paulo, but they have risen in other parts of the country, particu-larly the north and north-east. As homi-cides in Rio de Janeiro and Sao Paulo States decreased (by 29 per cent and 11 per cent, respectively) from 2007 to 2011, the homi-cide rate increased by almost 150 per cent in Paraiba and by half in Bahia.* An excep-tion to these trends is the north-eastern State of Pernambuco, which experienced a decrease in its homicide rate during that time period, though it is still at a high level.

* Ministry of Justice, Brazil (2012). Anuário Brasileiro de Segurança Pública.

Map 1.3: Percentage change in sub-national homicide rates, Brazil (2007-2011)

Note: The boundaries and names shown and the designations used on this map do not imply official endorsement or acceptance by the United Nations.

Source: Ministry of Justice, Brazil (2012).

Brasília BAHIA

SAO PAULO

PERNAMBUCO

PARAIBA

RIO DE JANEIRO

31

33

15.5

41

19.2

13

18.5

17.3

23.2

19.8

17.5

11.1

10.8

26.3

31.7

3.4

19.8

32.4

44

38.1

13.9

41.8

25.8

33.4

76.333.9

29.2

Note: The boundaries and names shown and the designations used on this map do not imply official endorsement or acceptance by the United Nations.

Percentage change in homicide rate(2007-2011)

-100% - 50%-49.9% - 20%-19.9% - 10%-9.9% - 0%0.1% - 10%10.1% - 20%20.1% - 50%50.1% - 145.8%

Homicide rate(2011)

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PERU

BOLIVIA

CHILE

ARGENTINA

PARAGUAY

ECUADOR

COLOMBIA

VENEZUELA

URUGUAY

GUYANA

SURINAMEFRENCH GUIANA

National capital

1

50

100

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