Tennessee is 5th nationally in women killed by men

Tennessee ranks fifth in the country in the rate of women killed by men.
The statistic is included in a new Violence Policy Center report “When Men Murder Women: An Analysis of 2008 Homicide Data.’’
The Tennessee rate was listed as 1.97 women slain by men per 100,000 women.
Nevada was No. 1 at 2.96 per 100,000.
Nationally, the rate of women killed by men in single victim/single offender instances was 1.26 per 100,000.
The report is at www.vpc.org/studies/wmmw2010.pdf.