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[WhitewaterVol]

Originally Posted by Sophiasmommy

I thought we all learned in the 9th grade that correlation doesn't equal causation. Apparently not.

Yes, correlation does not equal causation. The opposite is also not true. If you have a strong, consistent correlation between two events, it is rare that there is not some underlying cause tying the two items together. Wile one may not directly cause the other, it is unusual for there not to be either a direct or indirect factor that ties the two items together.

So, while there is nothing in the water or air in SC that makes men kill women, if we have led the nation in murders of men by women for almost a decade, it is probably a good idea to try to figure out why and then to work on reducing those factors which contribute to this sad statistic.

[JPeterman]

The murders per 100000 females is a dubious statistic. That is why you see small states like Alaska and Oklahoma and Idaho on the list despite these states having less crime than more populated states. Actually the biggest state in terms of population in their top 10 appears to be Lousiana or maybe Tenn.

If you look at total number of murders of women a year, SC is probably not top 10.

The outfit who published this list appears to be an anti-gun group.

SC does have a larger percentage of very poor people in comparison to other states and poor people commit more crimes.

Given many of these women knew the men who killed them, it seems women need to make sure they aren't involved with bad men in the first place.

[WhitewaterVol]

It would be interesting to see this statistic broken down by county. I wonder if this follows a trend similar to overall crime trends in general. Crime in general seems to be concentrated in poor areas. It would not surprise me to see a similar trend with these murders.

[Mohtalim]

Calling rates dumb is pretty dumb.

Say 1000 people lived in Mauldin. Only One unlucky person gets murdered every year. Rate of .1%.

Say 10000 people lived in Greenville. Five (!) get murdered every year. Rate of .05%

So where would you rather live? Answer: Simpsonville.

[JPeterman]

Unlucky women who has a relationship with a bad apple. They are putting themselves at higher risk. That has nothing to do with location unless the area is just high crime in general.

Nobody is arguing that you should live in high crime areas.

All I am saying is they have to use a rate to get SC up to number 1 in women killed by men. Using the rate statistic results in a lot of smaller population states being in the top 10. I can't believe anybody is going to decide not to move to Idaho because of this statistic but by your logic, they should not move there.