Italy has second - lowest murder rate in Europe

(ANSA) - Rome, January 24 - The number of women murdered in Italy surged last year to a 20-year-high of 181, according to a survey by the Eures think tank and the ANSA news agency.

Two thirds of the 181 women slain in Italy in 2006 had close ties to their killers - fathers, husbands, partners, boyfriends - or had recently broken up with them.

In homicides of both sexes, more people were killed by their loved ones than by the mafia - 32% of the 516 murders in 2006 were committed by relatives or significant others, and 23% by the Mob.

The number of foreign victims rose by 20% while the number of foreign-born murderers rose by 31%.

Three out of four murders of foreigners were by illegal immigrants: 30% by Romanians, 23% by people from Africa and 16% by Albanians.

In six cases out of ten, foreigners killed other foreigners.

Italy is among four countries with the second-lowest murder rate in Europe, 1.0 per 100,000 inhabitants, behind Norway with 0.7.

After Denmark, Germany and Spain, which have the same rate as Italy, come Britain with 1.3, France with 1.6 and Sweden with 2.6.

The United States's rate is 5.6.

MOZAMBIQUE: Preliminary results of the Population Census 2007

The present population compared to 1997 increased of about 28%. In absolute value increased of 4,454,000 persons (about the population of Nampula province).

At provincial level, the increasing was not homogeneous. The population of the provinces of Niassa, Tete and Maputo increased between 46 and 51%. While a minor vatiation was found in Gaza (9%) and Inhambane (10%), as well as in the city of Maputo (11%).

In the case of the City of Maputo, we can see that in the last years it lost population in favor of the Province of Maputo, mainly because of the new residential areas expansion of the city of Matola and of the Districts of Boane and Marracuene.

Total population evolution, by province 1997 and 2007

Province	Population		variation
	1997	2007	1997-2007
Total	16,075,708	20,530,714	27.7
Niassa	808,572	1,178,117	45.7
Cabo Delgado	1,380,202	1,632,809	18.3
Nampula	3,063,456	4,076,642	33.1
Zambézia	3,096,400	3,892,854	25.7
Tete	1,226,008	1,832,339	49.5
Manica	1,039,463	1,418,927	36.5
Sofala	1,368,671	1,654,163	20.9
Inhambane	1,157,182	1,267,035	9.5
Gaza	1,116,903	1,219,013	9.1
Maputo Província	830,908	1,259,713	51.6
Maputo Cidade	987,943	1,099,102	11.3

source: INE Mozambique 2008