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Table 1 Homicide and homicidal strangulation by sex across four South African cities, 2001–2005

From: Female homicidal strangulation in urban South Africa

	Year	2001		2002		2003		2004		2005
		Total deaths	Rate/100,000 pop.	Total deaths	Rate/100,000 pop.	Total deaths	Rate/100,000 pop.	Total deaths	Rate/100,000 pop.	Total deaths	Rate/100,000 pop.
Johannesburg	Population	3 225 812		3 271 105		3 303 520		3 336 255		3 383 099
	Homicide	2247	69.65	2262	69.15	1875	56.75	1547	46.36	1432	42.32
	Strangulation	31	0.96	30	0.91	28	0.84	25	0.74	26	0.76
	Female Strangulation	20	1.23	16	0.96	12	0.7	14	0.81	15	0.85
Durban	Population	3 090 122		3 121 406		3 158 907		3 189 667		3 221 960
	Homicide	2083	67.4	2167	69.42	2078	65.78	1903	59.66	1867	57.94
	Strangulation	34	1.1	29	0.92	43	1.36	26	0.81	20	0.62
	Female Strangulation	23	1.43	13	0.8	28	1.71	19	1.15	13	0.78
Cape Town	Population	2 893 247		2 939 810		2 981 898		3 024 589		3 068 024
	Homicide	2472	85.44	2453	83.44	2192	73.51	1820	60.17	2045	66.65
	Strangulation	29	1	28	0.95	33	1.1	29	0.95	34	1.1
	Female Strangulation	17	1.13	17	1.1	18	1.15	22	1.38	25	1.55
Pretoria	Population	1 985 983		2 013 868		2 033 824		2 053 978		2 082 817
	Homicide	637	32.07	620	30.78	534	26.25	593	28.87	463	22.22
	Strangulation	18	0.9	17	0.84	15	0.73	16	0.77	12	0.57
	Female Strangulation	10	0.99	12	1.16	8	0.75	8	0.74	10	0.92

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