Study: Oklahoma Ranks 4th In Rate Of Women Killed By Men

A new study says Oklahoma ranks fourth in the nation in the rate of women killed by men. 

The study released Tuesday by the Washington, D.C.-based nonprofit Violence Policy Center says women were killed by men at a rate of 1.94 per 100,000 in 2014, the most recent year information is available. 

The study says 38 women were killed by men in Oklahoma in 2014. It was the fourth year in a row that Oklahoma was among the top 10 states for women killed by men. 

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The group says that 1,613 women nationwide were killed by men in single victim-single offender incidents in 2014 - a rate of about one per 100,000.