In an article published in 2017 in The Economist in collaboration with Igarap Institute, homicide data from

In an article published in 2017 in The Economist in collaboration with Igarapé Institute, homicide data from many cities around the world were analyzed. The figure below summarizes homicides for the most violent cities. According to the figure,

a) Which city has the highest total number of homicides?

b) Which city has the highest homicide rate?

c) Which city in the United States has the highest homicide rate?

d) Of the countries shown, which country has the lowest national homicide rate?

e) Can you state which country in the world has the lowest national homicide rate, from this chart?

f) Which country shows the most obvious increase in national homicide rate over the last few years?

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Mean streets Homicides per 100000 population, 50 highest cities", 2016 or latest Latin America/Caribbean Africa 60 National rate 2005-2016 or latest 100- 100 01 El Salvador Mexico Honduras Brazil Guatemala South Africa United States Colombia Puerto Rico 0 Jamaica + 0 20 + 20 40 Santa Ana Porto Alegre Villa Nueva + Buffalo City Tijuana New Orleans Detroit Palmira Kingston Manaus 40 o Victoria Cali San Juan Choloma Baltimore North America Caruaru 8 80 Soyapango Nelson Mandela Bay Cape Town St. Louis Maraba Guatemala City Chilpancingo de los Bravo Distrito Central (Tegucigalpa) 80 100 National rate, 2016 or latest 120 140 100 San Salvador Acapulco San Pedro Sula Total number of homicides 2016 or latest 2500 1000 100 120 140 "with populations of 250000 or more