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Mark VanLandingham, PhD

The author is with Department of International Health and Development, School of Public Health and Tropical Medicine, Tulane University, New Orleans, LA.

Correspondence: Requests for reprints should be sent to Mark VanLandingham, PhD, Tulane University, School of Public Health and Tropical Medicine, Department of International Health and Development, 1440 Canal St, Suite 2200, New Orleans, LA 70118 (e-mail: mvanlan@tulane.edu).

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In an earlier estimation of the murder rate for New Orleans, Louisiana, for 2006, I concluded that the best population data available translated the 162 recorded homicides into a 2006 murder rate of 96.6 per 100000—a record high. An alternative measure of 72.5 per 100 000 can be calculated using the US Census Bureau’s 2006 midyear population estimate of 223 388 for the city.² This US Census Bureau population estimate for midyear 2006 is much higher than the other systematic and well-documented estimates undertaken during 2006.

Well-documented population estimates for 2007 are not available, but voter turnout in the fall . . . [Full Text]