A women’s association warned Wednesday that murders of women in the Central American country had now hit epidemic levels.

Femicides in Honduras have far surpassed epidemic levels, with 12 of every 100,000 residents dying from gender-based violence, said the local women’s rights center after a new study.

According to the World Health Organization, 8.8 deaths per 100,000 residents is enough to be categorized as an epidemic. Reports of such crimes have skyrocketed in recent years, with a 263 percent rise between 2005 and 2013. In 2013, one woman was murdered every 14 hours – 636 in total this particular year, added the rights group.