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Table 3 Female strangulation by population group, 2001–2005 (N = 316)

From: Female homicidal strangulation in urban South Africa

Population group

Johannesburg

Cape Town

Durban

Pretoria

 

Total deaths

Rate/100,000

Total deaths

Rate/100,000

Total deaths

Rate/100,000

Total deaths

Rate/100,000

Asian

4

1.12

0

0

19

1.09

0

0

Black

54

0.88

32

1.25

64

1.15

34

0.89

Coloured

5

0.90

47

1.25

4

1.69

4

3.85

White

14

1.05

17

1.19

8

1.15

10

0.81