Here you go, Peaches. Interesting. The divorce rate peaked about 1980. So did the homicide rate.
US Homicide rate (per 100k) (Divorce rate) (per 1000)
1900 1.2 (.7 Divorce rate)
1901 1.2
1902 1.2
1903 1.1
1904 1.3
1905 2.1
1906 3.9
1907 4.9
1908 4.8
1909 4.2
1910 4.6 (.9)
1911 5.5
1912 5.4
1913 6.1
1914 6.2
1915 5.9
1916 6.3
1917 6.9
1918 6.5
1919 7.2
1920 6.8 (1.6)
1921 8.1
1922 8
1923 7.8
1924 8.1
1925 8.3
1926 8.4
1927 8.4
1928 8.6
1929 8.4
1930 8.8
1931 9.2
1932 9
1933 9.7
1934 9.5
1935 8.3
1936 8
1937 7.6
1938 6.8
1939 6.4
1940 6.3 (2.0)
1941 6
1942 5.9
1943 5.1
1944 5
1945 5.7
1946 6.4
1947 6.1
1948 5.9
1949 5.4
1950 5.3 (2.6)
1951 4.9
1952 5.2
1953 4.8
1954 4.8
1955 4.5
1956 4.6
1957 4.5
1958 4.5
1959 4.6
1960 4.7 (2.2)
1961 4.7
1962 4.8
1963 4.9
1964 5.1
1965 5.5 (2.0)
1966 5.9
1967 6.8
1968 7.3
1969 7.7
1970 8.3 (3.5)
1971 9.1
1972 9.4
1973 9.7
1974 10.1
1975 9.9 (4.9)
1976 9
1977 9.1
1978 9.2
1979 10
1980 10.7 (5.2)
1981 10.3 (5.3)
1982 9.6 (5.1)
1983 8.6 (5.0)
1984 8.4 (4.9)
1985 8.4 (5.0)
1986 9 (4.8)
1987 8.7 (4.8)
1988 9 (4.8)
1989 9.3 (4.7)
1990 10 (4.7)
1991 10.5 (4.7)
1992 10 (4.8)
1993 10.1 (4.6)
1994 9.6 (4.6)
1995 8.7 (4.4)
1996 7.9 (4.3)
1997 7.4 (4.3)
1998 6.8 (4.2)
1999 5.7 (4.1)
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