فمعدلات القتل العمد في أمريكا الوسطى والكاريبـي، على سبيل المثال، تظهر زيادات (غير خطية في الفترة بين عامي 1998 و2002.
This includes the subregions of Central Asia and the South Caucasus, Eastern Europe, South-Eastern Europe, Western and Central Europe and North America from 1998 to 2005.5 In contrast, subregions with higher homicide rates tend to be those in which the homicide rate is increasing over time.