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women and girls killed in intentional homicides, per 100,000 women and girls, 2021
Moderate trust, 68 of 100 Only one source (WHO), so it cannot be checked against another.
All countriesAll of Cook Islands's figures
Cook Islands among 167 countries
145 have a higher figure and 0 a lower one. Definitions differ between countries, and their years run from 2007 to 2024.
What this number counts
- Counts
- Female victims of intentional homicide per 100,000 women and girls
- Where
- Cook Islands
- When
- 2021 (one year, not an average)
Where the number comes from (1 source)
| Source | Figure and year | Definition | Quality | Counts for |
|---|---|---|---|---|
WHO Mortality Database, female deaths by assaultWorld Health Organization (WHO) · Death and health registersRetrieved 2026-10-25 | 02021 | Registered deaths of women and girls (all ages) with underlying cause assault, ICD-10 X85-Y09, divided by the female population in WHO's population file for the same year, times 100,000.Codes used: detailed external-cause codes, none of them assault, so zero assault deaths. Countries that report the condensed Tabulation List 1 contribute its assault item (1102), which covers the same X85-Y09 range; years where a country reports only a total for all external causes have no value. National rows only. Year rule: only WHO has data for this country, so its latest year is used. Raw files: morticd10_part1-6.zip (0 female assault deaths) and mort_pop.zip. WHO publishes the data as the country sent them and does not adjust for incomplete registration. The same file records 0 female deaths of undetermined intent (Y10-Y34) for this year; some of these may be homicides. | 5 of 5 checks
| 100% |
- WHO100%
How the trust score was worked out
- Quality40 / 40
How well the sources are made
- Agreement15 / 30
Unknown with one source, so set to half
- Independence6 / 20
How many separate ways the number was measured
- Freshness7 / 10
How recent the newest data is
Who reports it, and since when
No source of these kinds: police and justice records, independent count.
- Single source: nothing to check it against
Why the numbers differ
- They come from two separate systems: UNODC compiles police and criminal justice records of female victims, while the WHO Mortality Database counts death certificates of women and girls with the cause coded as assault (ICD-10 X85-Y09).
- Both divide by the female population, but UNODC uses UN World Population Prospects figures and WHO uses the population the country reported, so the bases can differ slightly.
- Where many deaths go unregistered, or many violent deaths are coded as "undetermined intent", the WHO count falls below the police count.
- Small counts make single-year rates jump. In countries with few female victims a year, one or two deaths change the rate visibly.
Common mistakes
- A female homicide rate is not a femicide count. It includes every intentional killing of a woman or girl, whatever the motive or the relationship to the perpetrator.
- The rate per 100,000 women and girls cannot be compared directly with a rate per 100,000 people, which uses the whole population.
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Cite as: RealStats, “Female homicide rate in Cook Islands”, updated 2026-10-27, with the original sources listed on the page.