In 2008, there were 418,000 homicides around the world, with far too many countries recording a murder rate of more than 10 per 100,000, which the World Health Organization regards as an epidemic.
En 2008, en todo el mundo hubo 418.000 homicidios, y demasiados países registraron tasas superiores a 10 muertes por cada 100.000 personas, cifra que la Organización Mundial de la Salud considera una epidemia.