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Just something to keep in mind when comparing statistics between countries... The United States is approximately the size/population of Europe, and its individu
by joshuahedlund 14y ago
Just something to keep in mind when comparing statistics between countries... The United States is approximately the size/population of Europe, and its individual states are approximately the size/population of European countries. It's always hard for the US to beat every state-sized country, just as there will always be US states with numbers above and below the overall average. The overall European average of 3.5 per 100,000 is somewhat less impressive.
- anu_gupta 14y agoThat European average is for the whole of the geographical entity known as Europe, so I'm not sure how fair the comparison is. The population of Europe as a whole is 2.3 times that of the US. Also the US is a single political entity, with (for the most part) ons set of laws. Many of the Eastern European countries do not fall within a similarly consistent legal framework. If remove Eastern Europe, then the homicide rates for the rest of Europe are: Northern Europe 1.5 Southern Europe 1.4 Western Europe 1.0 Conversely, including other parts of the Americas (ie Canada and Central America) massively increases the average homicide rate - Central America's rate is a truly shocking 28.5
- flyinRyan 14y agoSo next time someone trots out the US being the largest economy on earth, I can use your same argument? We should be comparing all of Europe to the US since that's more realistic, right?