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U.S. troop death toll tops 3,000



Texas soldier's death raises U.S. toll in Iraq to at least 3,000 dead
WASHINGTON (AP) — American deaths in the Iraq war reached the sobering milestone of 3,000 on Sunday even as the Bush administration sought to overhaul its strategy for an unpopular conflict that shows little sign of abating.

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During this same period, the US has averaged more than 16 thousand murders a year.

In 2005 the U.S. reported 16,692 murders, 93,934 forciable rapes, 417,122 robberies and 862,947 cases of aggravated assault.

The estimated number of violent crime offenses in 2005 was 1,390,695, an increase of 2.3 percent over the 2004 estimate. The estimated number of property crimes in 2005 was 10,166,159, a 1.5-percent decrease over the 2004 estimate.

The rate for the estimated number of violent crimes was 469.2 per 100,000 inhabitants in 2005, an increase of 1.3 percent compared to the 2004 figure. The property crime rate for 2005 (3,429.8 offenses per 100,000 inhabitants) was down 2.4 percent from the prior year’s rate.

Of all violent crime in 2005, the offense of robbery had the largest increase, 3.9 percent, compared with the 2004 number. All violent crimes increased with the exception of forcible rape, which had a 1.2-percent decrease.

Murder decreased 15.0 percent in 2005 compared with data from 10 years ago (1996). In this same time period, robbery offenses decreased 22.1 percent.

All violent crimes rates increased in 2005 with the exception of the rate for forcible rape (31.7 per 100,000), which declined 2.1 percent compared with the 2004 data.

The murder rate was 5.6 offenses per 100,000 inhabitants in 2005, a 2.4-percent increase compared with the rate for 2004.

The 0.5-percent increase in burglary offenses was the only property crime to increase in 2005 compared with the prior year data. The number of larceny-thefts decreased 2.3 percent, and motor vehicle thefts declined a slight 0.2 percent.

Motor vehicle theft decreased 11.4 percent in 2005 compared with 1996 data.

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