Expanded Homicide Data Table 9

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Criminal Justice Information Services Division

Murder Victims by Age

by Weapon, 2010

Age	Total murder victims	Weapons
Age	Total murder victims	Firearms	Knives or cutting instruments	Blunt objects (clubs, hammers, etc.)	Personal weapons (hands, fists, feet, etc.)¹	Poison	Explosives	Fire	Narcotics	Strangulation	Asphyxiation	Other weapon or weapon not stated²
Total	12,996	8,775	1,704	540	745	11	4	74	39	122	98	884
Percent distribution³	100.0	67.5	13.1	4.2	5.7	0.1	*	0.6	0.3	0.9	0.8	6.8
Under 18⁴	1,277	632	95	66	253	5	1	19	17	6	23	160
Under 22⁴	3,172	2,199	281	89	286	5	1	21	19	14	27	230
18 and over⁴	11,566	8,067	1,597	469	476	6	3	50	21	113	72	692
Infant (under 1)	186	5	3	19	86	1	0	1	5	1	14	51
1 to 4	313	38	19	26	143	2	1	6	3	2	5	68
5 to 8	85	33	9	5	16	0	0	4	3	1	3	11
9 to 12	43	20	8	2	3	2	0	3	3	1	0	1
13 to 16	363	298	27	7	3	0	0	3	3	1	1	20
17 to 19	1,231	1,008	133	16	22	0	0	2	0	1	2	47
20 to 24	2,256	1,822	224	45	41	0	0	6	3	12	6	97
25 to 29	1,964	1,544	221	35	51	0	1	9	1	14	2	86
30 to 34	1,541	1,175	166	43	49	0	0	4	6	17	7	74
35 to 39	1,072	745	150	40	43	0	0	4	2	10	13	65
40 to 44	882	553	168	37	36	0	0	5	1	10	7	65
45 to 49	838	475	156	55	59	2	0	2	3	9	4	73
50 to 54	686	338	144	62	61	0	0	5	2	14	8	52
55 to 59	473	255	89	42	35	2	0	4	1	7	5	33
60 to 64	325	151	76	25	25	0	0	2	0	4	7	35
65 to 69	189	80	39	18	18	0	1	2	0	4	1	26
70 to 74	137	71	19	18	11	0	1	2	0	2	2	11
75 and over	259	88	41	40	27	2	0	5	2	9	8	37
Unknown	153	76	12	5	16	0	0	5	1	3	3	32