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4.20 ASSAULT, 2004‐2010 (TOTAL)
Indicator definition Indicator definition Definición del indicador
Total number of offenses of Assault reported by the Police. Assault means physical attack against the body of another person resulting in serious bodly injury, excluding indecent/sexual assault, threats and slapping/punching. Assault leading to death should also be excluded.
YEAR
COUNTRY 2004
2005
2006
2007
2008
142,099
143,291
137,181
145,240
1,610
1,731
1,704
1,548
1,594
932
451
946
967
948
519
6,026
6,087
7,435
7,885
8,172
Argentina Barbados Belize Bolivia
2009 1,610
Brazil
661,008
547,288
662,995
574,010
539,810
544,766
Canada
49,376
53,451
56,709
58,269
58,419
57,100
Chile
85,687
86,330
87,313
92,774
96,822
Colombia
32,534
30,415
46,529
47,953
36,037
55,120
Costa Rica
6,531
6,052
5,931
6,429
6,750
7,437
Ecuador
7,967
7,756
6,575
5,838
5,378
El Salvador
4,003
3,829
3,284
Guatemala
6,443
6,095
6,055
6,238
5,973
Guyana
123
160
129
101
114
110
Mexico
178,725
173,725
175,738
189,383
186,585
244,623
Nicaragua
25,033
19,335
18,391
18,748
18,284
Panama
2,104
1,788
1,781
1,359
1,553
1,370
Peru
15,020
14,699
15,827
14,461
14,586
16,360
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines Suriname Trinidad and Tobago
9,611 57,100 11,468 53,153
3,355 7,603 230,687 18,345 1,206
1,529
1,252
1,054
1,063
1,017
1,215
1,302
847,381
862,220
874,096
866,358
843,683
812,514
778,901
643
801
657
680
771
689
United States
847,381
862,220
874,096
866,358
843,683
812,514
Venezuela
29,785
33,487
32,708
30,506
28,494
AMERICAS ( 22 countries)(*1)(*2)
2010
778,901
2,951,939 2,861,210 3,021,896 2,930,944 2,846,981 2,772,473 2,702,235
Sub‐regional data: (*2) Caribbean (3 countries) (*3) Central America ( 6 countries) (*4) North America ( 3 countries) (*5) South America (10 countries) (*6)
3,782
3,784
3,415
3,291
3,382
3,514
2,912
45,046 37,550 36,388 37,025 36,863 38,568 38,465 1,075,482 1,089,396 1,106,543 1,114,010 1,088,687 1,114,237 1,066,688 1,685,531 1,730,480 1,875,550 1,776,618 1,718,048 1,712,975 1,596,836
Note (*1) Americas refers to the 22 countries included in this Table. (*2) Regional and sub‐regional information comes from data calculated for indicated year or nearest available year. (*3) Data for Caribbean includes: Barbados, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, and Trinidad and Tobago. (*4) Data for Central America includes: Belize, Costa Rica, El Salvador, Guatemala, Nicaragua, and Panama. (*5) Data for North America includes: Canada, Mexico and The United States. (*6) Data for South America includes: Argentina, Bolivia, Brazil, Chile, Colombia, Ecuador, Guyana, Paraguay, Suriname, and Venezuela.
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