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Indicator name:
Homicides, number, estimate
Definition:
A homicide is the killing of a person by another with intent to cause death or serious injury. Infanticide should be included. Cases where the perpetrator was merely reckless or negligent should be excluded.
Method of estimation:
The estimates of homicide numbers draw on data provided by countries from police and vital registration sources; data from UNODC’s global Studies on homicide; and data from WHO’s Mortality Database. The estimation process used observed data on homicide rates, in conjunction with regression modelling for countries without sufficient data availability or quality, to compute comparable estimates of homicide rates and numbers across countries.
Preferred data sources:
Civil registration
IMRID:
4464
Links:
Estimating global homicide deaths methods paper
Method for data collection and validation of data (Violence status report)
Indicator Metadata Registry List
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