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Homicides committed with a firearm.     Rates per 100,000
Country 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000
South Africa 27.30 28.56 27.58 83.05 80.05 74.57
Thailand 23.72 31.45 37.11 39.52 35.94 33.00
USA 4.60 4.09 3.70 3.37 2.97 2.98
Portugal 1.33 1.31 1.27 1.28 0.98 0.84
Bulgaria 1.27 1.26 1.32 0.65 0.83 0.77
Switzerland 0.92 1.13 1.28 0.93 1.01 0.56
Canada 0.57 0.70 0.62 0.50 0.54 .
Germany 0.98 0.71 0.67 0.49 0.50 0.47
Poland 0.27 0.28 0.27 0.31 0.29 0.43
Australia 0.32 0.54 0.41 0.29 0.33 0.31
Ireland 0.33 0.44 0.25 0.08 0.32 .
Denmark 0.27 0.42 0.36 0.26 0.21 0.26
Spain 0.27 0.38 0.34 0.23 0.21 0.25
New Zealand 0.25 0.24 0.35 0.11 0.13 0.18
England, Wales 0.13 0.09 0.11 0.09 0.12 .
Hong Kong 0.05 0.06 0.03 0 0 0.01
Japan 0.03 0.03 0.03 . . .
Singapore 0 0 0 0 0 0

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