How Many People Are Killed (IN) America Per Week? I Want Real Numbers Not Per 100,000 Per Cap.?

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How Many People Are Killed (IN) America Per Week? I Want Real Numbers Not Per 100,000 Per Cap.?

2007-01-28 04:12:35 · 2 answers · asked by jmartin_56 1 in Education & Reference ➔ Trivia

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Since you didn't specify any cause of death, here is the total.

The Census Bureau estimates that 1 person in the USA dies every 11 seconds. Since there are 604,800 seconds in a week, that means that 54,981 people die in the USA every week.

2007-01-28 05:27:38 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋

According to Disaster Center 2005 statistics 16692 people were murdered in the US. That means the average deaths in a week was 321.
Violent deaths that year totalled 1390695, per week that is 26744.

2007-01-28 14:06:40 · answer #2 · answered by Smurfetta 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋