2008年全球发生凶杀案共计418,000起，太多国家有记录的谋杀率达到100，000分之10以上。 世卫组织将其视为一种传染病。
In 2008, there were 418,000 homicides around the world, with far too many countries recording a murder rate of more than 10 per 100,000, which the World Health Organization regards as an epidemic.