TY - JOUR PY - 2007// TI - Murder rates in New Orleans, La, 2004 2006 JO - American journal of public health A1 - VanLandingham, Mark J. SP - 1614 EP - 1616 VL - 97 IS - 9 N2 - Murder rates for New Orleans, La, during 2005 and 2006 were calculated with the best available population trajectories for these 2 atypical years. These calculations showed that the murder rate increased substantially during this period compared with 2004. The increase in 2005 from 2004 was 14%. The best estimate of the increase in the murder rate in 2006 compared with 2004 was 69%; the large increase in 2006 began during the second quarter of that year.

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LA - en SN - 0090-0036 UR - http://dx.doi.org/10.2105/AJPH.2007.110445 ID - ref1 ER -