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Crime Stats: compare key data on Macau & United States

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STAT Macau United States HISTORY
Drugs > Annual cannabis use 0.7%
Ranked 10th.
13.7%
Ranked 1st. 20 times more than Macau
Illicit drugs transshipment point for drugs going into mainland China; consumer of opiates and amphetamines world's largest consumer of cocaine (shipped from Colombia through Mexico and the Caribbean), Colombian heroin, and Mexican heroin and marijuana; major consumer of ecstasy and Mexican methamphetamine; minor consumer of high-quality Southeast Asian heroin; illicit producer of cannabis, marijuana, depressants, stimulants, hallucinogens, and methamphetamine; money-laundering center
Punishment > Crimes possibly attracting life sentence No life imprisonment sentence Varies by state
Punishment > Crimes requiring mandatory sentence No life imprisonment sentence Varies by state
Punishment > Has indefinite sentence No Yes
Punishment > Has life imprisonment No Yes
Punishment > Life sentence under the age of 18 or 21 ?? Yes ( de jure )
Punishment > Maximum length of sentence 25 years (30 in exceptional circumstances) None
Punishment > Minimum life sentence to serve before eligibility for requesting parole Varies, depending on sentence 15 years minimum to infinite, or never (depending on crime and state)
Violent crime > Murder rate 4
Ranked 86th.
12,996
Ranked 9th. 3249 times more than Macau

Violent crime > Murder rate per million people 7.48
Ranked 80th.
42.01
Ranked 43th. 6 times more than Macau

Violent crime > Murders 4
Ranked 86th.
12,996
Ranked 9th. 3249 times more than Macau

Violent crime > Murders per million people 7.48
Ranked 80th.
42.01
Ranked 43th. 6 times more than Macau

SOURCES: https://www.unodc.org/documents/data-and-analysis/WDR2011/World_Drug_Report_2011_ebook.pdf, World Drug Report 2011, United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC), 2011, p. 217.; CIA World Factbooks 18 December 2003 to 28 March 2011; Wikipedia: Life imprisonment (Summary by country); United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime. Source tables; United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime. Source tables. Population figures from World Bank: (1) United Nations Population Division. World Population Prospects, (2) United Nations Statistical Division. Population and Vital Statistics Report (various years), (3) Census reports and other statistical publications from national statistical offices, (4) Eurostat: Demographic Statistics, (5) Secretariat of the Pacific Community: Statistics and Demography Programme, and (6) U.S. Census Bureau: International Database.

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