Expanded Homicide Data Table 9
Murder Victims by Age
by Weapon, 2012
Age |
Total murder victims |
Weapons | ||||||||||
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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 | 12,765 | 8,855 | 1,589 | 518 | 678 | 12 | 8 | 85 | 35 | 89 | 105 | 791 |
Percent distribution3 | 100.0 | 69.4 | 12.4 | 4.1 | 5.3 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 0.7 | 0.3 | 0.7 | 0.8 | 6.2 |
Under 184 | 1,101 | 563 | 84 | 54 | 193 | 5 | 0 | 19 | 14 | 10 | 26 | 133 |
Under 224 | 2,848 | 2,054 | 235 | 72 | 217 | 5 | 0 | 25 | 16 | 18 | 36 | 170 |
18 and over4 | 11,549 | 8,239 | 1,494 | 460 | 469 | 7 | 8 | 66 | 21 | 79 | 77 | 629 |
Infant (under 1) | 144 | 6 | 3 | 16 | 66 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 9 | 37 |
1 to 4 | 261 | 37 | 15 | 29 | 97 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 8 | 3 | 10 | 55 |
5 to 8 | 96 | 51 | 8 | 2 | 15 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 10 |
9 to 12 | 65 | 29 | 10 | 3 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 9 |
13 to 16 | 326 | 265 | 29 | 2 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 13 |
17 to 19 | 1,001 | 871 | 82 | 7 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 6 | 20 |
20 to 24 | 2,362 | 1,955 | 233 | 35 | 42 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 6 | 9 | 11 | 65 |
25 to 29 | 1,912 | 1,534 | 200 | 31 | 42 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 8 | 9 | 83 |
30 to 34 | 1,484 | 1,143 | 165 | 30 | 55 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 4 | 11 | 3 | 66 |
35 to 39 | 1,101 | 813 | 130 | 33 | 43 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 0 | 9 | 7 | 58 |
40 to 44 | 943 | 608 | 162 | 43 | 53 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 6 | 63 |
45 to 49 | 775 | 450 | 130 | 62 | 50 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 10 | 6 | 54 |
50 to 54 | 743 | 400 | 140 | 58 | 61 | 0 | 1 | 10 | 1 | 8 | 9 | 55 |
55 to 59 | 517 | 265 | 100 | 36 | 44 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 7 | 7 | 50 |
60 to 64 | 308 | 144 | 58 | 42 | 20 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 32 |
65 to 69 | 224 | 96 | 46 | 30 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 28 |
70 to 74 | 117 | 45 | 23 | 14 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 19 |
75 and over | 271 | 90 | 44 | 41 | 29 | 5 | 1 | 7 | 0 | 3 | 6 | 45 |
Unknown | 115 | 53 | 11 | 4 | 16 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 29 |
- 1 Pushed is included in personal weapons.
- 2 Includes drowning.
- 3 Because of rounding, the percentages may not add to 100.0.
- 4 Does not include unknown ages.