Causes of death
In 2003, the most recent year for which statewide data are available, only one in 100 deaths in California resulted from homicide. But in Los Angeles County, more people died in homicides than either suicides or motor vehicle accidents, and in some places up to one in 10 deaths was a homicide.
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