SNEAK PEEK #3: How Much Water Does a 10 Gallon Hat Really Hold? Of course our new 10 Issue (which hits newsstands on Tuesday!) isn't just filled with lists like 10 Provocative Questions about Chickens and 10 Ridiculous Feats of Literature. It also tackles some of the biggest questions ever asked by mankind.
The most violent cities in Texas. Back to Gallery. Odessa had the highest violent crime rate out of 24 metropolitan areas in Texas in 2013, according to the most recent FBI data. The West Texas city recorded a violent crime rate of 806.4 incidents per 100,000 inhabitants, according to the FBI's annual Uniform Crime Report for 2013. By comparison, the San Antonio metro area had a 459.7 incidents per 100,000 that year, the 9th most of any Texas city.
3 This rate is projected to increase by 13% by the year 2015, resulting in a projected rate of 127 per 1,000. 4 Furthermore, the city of Houston has a high rate of repeat pregnancies. In 2008, Houston had a repeat pregnancy rate of 23%, compared with other major cities in the U.S., which ranged from 12% to 28%.5 Minority groups, in particular blacks and Hispanics, are disproportionately at-risk for teen pregnancy. Hispanics have the highest teen birth rates in the country, followed by black teens. High birth rates are indicative of even higher pregnancy rates, as not all pregnancies are carried to term. In fact, Texas has the fourth highest teen pregnancy rate in the nation at 101 per 1,000 teens ages 15-19, versus the national rate of 84 per 1,000.