Annual Homicide Perpetration Rates in New Jersey by Gender and Race (1979-1998)

Rate per 100,000

Year	White Female	White Male	African-American Female	African-American Male
1979	0.49	4.28	4.08	46.69
1980	0.27	5.30	6.59	44.57
1981	0.55	4.86	4.15	52.63
1982	0.52	4.30	5.88	41.69
1983	0.49	4.39	2.52	33.87
1984	0.21	3.79	3.06	33.54
1985	0.33	3.48	4.15	38.49
1986	0.18	3.37	4.47	30.95
1987	0.48	3.00	2.75	28.14
1988	0.39	3.54	7.05	36.10
1989	0.24	2.97	4.11	33.76
1990	0.30	3.63	4.09	35.89
1991	0.33	3.40	3.12	36.12
1992	0.33	3.33	3.77	44.64
1993	0.39	3.29	3.55	38.47
1994	0.46	2.70	2.84	30.24
1995	0.36	3.53	3.31	29.97
1996	0.27	3.11	2.29	34.20
1997	0.42	3.00	2.59	30.99
1998	0.36	3.22	2.24	22.10