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Table 4 Occurrence of female strangulation by time period, 2001–2005 (N = 231)

From: Female homicidal strangulation in urban South Africa

Time of death

Johannesburg

% (n)

Cape Town

% (n)

Durban

% (n)

Pretoria

% (n)

1 (00 h 00–03 h 59)

10.39 (7)

15.27 (11)

12.24 (9)

3.33 (1)

2 (04 h 00–07 h 59)

23.51 (14)

7.08 (6)

23.03 (15)

26.67 (8)

3 (08 h 00–11 h 59)

19.69 (12)

29.82 (24)

24.78 (17)

25.00 (6)

4 (12 h 00–15 h 59)

18.24 (11)

26.04 (19)

18.43 (13)

6.67 (2)

5 (16 h 00–19 h 59)

11.98 (7)

14.20 (10)

15.63 (11)

15.00 (4)

6 (20 h 00–23 h 59)

16.19 (11)

9.02 (7)

5.88 (5)

3.33 (1)