The map shows the annual dowry death rate per 100,000 people for Indian states and UTs.
Data Source: Crime in India 2012 Statistics, National Crime Records Bureau, Ministry of Home Affairs, Govt of India (2013), Table 1.8, page 216
The world's average homicide rate per 100,000 people for 2012 is from Global Study on Homicide 2013, United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime, page 12, ISBN 978-92-1-054205-0

The SVG code for disputed national borders in this map is a derivative work of File:India literacy rate map en.svg available on wikimedia commons.
Own work
M Tracy Hunter