Thread: Per-capita murder rates at State/Province level

I was having a debate with some Canadian friends (one is pro-defense/gun), one friend claimed that US murder rates were much higher due to 300M guns, and the pro-gun friend came back with this article and great per-capita statistics (regardless of weapon/method). It was interesting data. The Canadian provinces and territories are highlighted below.

PJ Media » I?m Glad That I Don?t Have Canadian Murder Rates Where I Live

Peter


Nunavut 21.01
Louisiana 11.2
Mississippi 8.0
New Mexico 7.5
Northwest Territories 6.87
Maryland 6.8
South Carolina 6.8
Alabama 6.3
Michigan 6.2
Arizona 6.2
Missouri 6.1
Tennessee 5.8
Illinois 5.6
Georgia 5.6
Oklahoma 5.5
Arkansas 5.5
North Carolina 5.3
Nevada 5.2
Florida 5.2
Pennsylvania 5.0
California 4.8
Indiana 4.8
Delaware 4.5
Ohio 4.4
Texas 4.4
New Jersey 4.3
West Virginia 4.3
Manitoba 4.24
New York 4.0
Alaska 4.0
Kansas 3.8
Virginia 3.7
Connecticut 3.6
Nebraska 3.6
Saskatchewan 3.59
Kentucky 3.5
North Dakota 3.5
Wyoming 3.2
Colorado 2.9
Alberta 2.88
Massachusetts 2.8
Montana 2.8
South Dakota 2.5
Wisconsin 2.4
Washington 2.4
Nova Scotia 2.33
Idaho 2.3
Oregon 2.1
Maine 2.0
British Columbia 1.9
Utah 1.9
Iowa 1.5
Minnesota 1.4
Quebec 1.32
Rhode Island 1.3
Vermont 1.3
New Hampshire 1.3
Hawaii 1.2
Ontario 1.2
New Brunswick 1.06
Newfoundland .78
Prince Edward Island .69
Yukon 0

Yukon should be closer to Nunavut and the NWT - I suspect they just don't record the data.

Life is hard in the northern 2/3 of Canada. Not much going on up there.