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Black people in Brazil are 2.6 times more likely to be murdered than non-blacks

RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL - In 2019, blacks accounted for 77% of homicide victims in Brazil, at a rate of 29.2 per 100,000 inhabitants. Among non-blacks, the rate stood at 11.2 per 100,000, meaning that a black person's risk of being murdered is 2.6 times higher than that of a non-black person.

The official "black" classification in Brazil includes those who self-identify as blacks ("negros") or as mulattos ("pardos").

Between 2009 and 2019, 623,439 people were victims of homicide in Brazil. Of these, 333,330, or 53% of the total, were . . .

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