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Incidents against Peace Corps volunteers | DDN

Incidents against Peace Corps volunteers
Year	All	Agg.	Simple	Death threats	Sex (rape)
1991	126	41	42	0	43 (13)
1992	140	43	45	0	52 (9)
1993	168	57	48	1	62 (10)
1994	166	45	76	0	45 (6)
1995	164	62	62	3	37 (9)
1996	208	78	72	1	57 (13)
1997	251	88	88	2	73 (20)
1998	264	87	105	2	70 (19)
1999	326	102	131	4	89 (11)
2000	278	88	99	1	90 (20)
2001	319	93	108	5	113 (16)
2002	283	87	100	2	94 (13)
2003*	132	47	49	4	32 (3)
1991-2002 percentage increase	125	112	139		119 (0)

The number of Peace Corps volunteers increased 29.3% between 1991 and 2002 while the number of reported assault cases increased 125% during the same period.

Incidents may have more than one victim

*2003 figures are from Jan. 1 to June 30

Source: Dayton Daily News analysis of the Peace Corps Assault Notification database.