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Crime Stats: compare key data on Soviet Union & United States

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  • Murder rate: Homicide rate per year per 100,000 inhabitants in various countries.
  • Violent crime > Intentional homicide rate: Homicides per 100’000 residents. Homicide is the death of a person purposefully inflicted by another person (it excludes suicides) outside of a state of war. Homicide is a broader category than murder, as it also includes manslaughter. The exact legal definition varies across countries, some of which include infanticide, assisted suicide, euthanasia and deaths caused by dangerous driving.
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STAT Soviet Union United States HISTORY
Murder rate 12.4 5
Violent crime > Intentional homicide rate 12.4
Ranked 4th. 3 times more than United States 		4.7
Ranked 7th.

SOURCES: Wikipedia: List of countries by intentional homicide rate by decade

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