Percentage of all deaths that are violence related, 1990
| Percent of deaths due to violence | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Total deaths from all causes | Overall violence (%) | Suicide (%) | Homicide (%) | War (%) | |
| *Source: National Center for Health Statistics. Table 6. Deaths and death rates for the 10 leading causes of death in specified race-sex groups: United States, 1990. Monthly Vital Statistics Report 1993;41(7 suppl):20. | |||||
| †Percentage of war related deaths less than 0.05. | |||||
| Established market economies excluding United States | 7 121 000 | 1.2 | 1.1 | 0.1 | 0.0 |
| Formerly socialist economies | 3 791 000 | 3.7 | 2.1 | 0.8 | 0.8 |
| India | 9 371 000 | 1.7 | 1.1 | 0.6 | 0.0† |
| China | 8 885 000 | 4.4 | 3.9 | 0.6 | 0.0† |
| Other Asia and islands | 5 534 000 | 2.4 | 1.2 | 0.9 | 0.3 |
| Sub-Saharan Africa | 8 202 000 | 6.0 | 0.2 | 2.5 | 3.3 |
| Latin America and Caribbean | 3 009 000 | 4.8 | 0.7 | 3.4 | 0.6 |
| Middle Eastern crescent | 4 553 000 | 5.6 | 1.0 | 0.9 | 3.7 |
| United States | 2 148 000* | 2.7 | 1.4 | 1.2 | 0.0 |
| World | 50 467 000 | 3.7 | 1.6 | 1.1 | 1.0 |