Expanded Homicide Data Table 8

Murder Victims by Age
by Weapon, 2006

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	14,990	10,177	1,822	607	833	11	1	115	42	135	107	1,140
Percent distribution³	100.0	67.9	12.2	4.0	5.6	0.1	*	0.8	0.3	0.9	0.7	7.6
Under 18⁴	1,539	826	111	67	277	6	0	20	17	15	30	170
Under 22⁴	3,780	2,700	294	100	301	6	0	27	22	26	42	262
18 and over⁴	13,174	9,225	1,687	531	524	4	1	87	25	117	74	899
Infant (under 1)	203	6	2	13	126	2	0	1	7	2	15	29
1 to 4	299	26	10	29	124	2	0	8	8	2	7	83
5 to 8	95	36	12	4	11	1	0	5	0	0	2	24
9 to 12	83	52	10	3	3	0	0	3	0	3	2	7
13 to 16	485	389	39	14	11	1	0	1	2	6	4	18
17 to 19	1,485	1,253	134	18	10	0	0	4	2	6	6	52
20 to 24	2,831	2,303	238	46	43	1	0	10	6	13	12	159
25 to 29	2,273	1,789	248	40	51	0	0	3	1	17	6	118
30 to 34	1,549	1,192	165	32	40	0	0	7	3	10	4	96
35 to 39	1,250	826	184	54	61	0	0	11	1	17	11	85
40 to 44	1,123	699	180	63	66	0	0	15	3	15	11	71
45 to 49	985	549	176	74	66	1	1	12	2	11	5	88
50 to 54	727	374	130	58	67	0	0	9	1	9	4	75
55 to 59	455	215	106	47	35	1	0	3	2	3	4	39
60 to 64	316	146	55	36	24	0	0	7	1	6	2	39
65 to 69	147	63	28	16	15	0	0	3	0	0	2	20
70 to 74	144	56	31	15	12	1	0	1	0	2	2	24
75 and over	263	77	50	36	36	0	0	4	3	10	5	42
Unknown	277	126	24	9	32	1	0	8	0	3	3	71