New York State Homicide Rates:
2000 was 5.2 @ 100,000.
2005 was 4.7 @ 100,000.
2006 was 4.9 @ 100,000.
2007 was 4.3 @ 100,000.
Upstate New York JetBlack rates are considerably below this state average while the New York City rate is higher. (Data supplied by the New York Department of Health.)