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Table 8

1In a multiple-bias incident two conditions must be met: 1) more than one offense type must occur in the incident and 2) at least two offense types must be motivated by different biases.

 

Incidents
Victim Type by Bias Motivation, 2004
Bias motivation
 Total
incidents		 Victim type
Individual Business/
financial
institution		 Government Religious
organization		 Society/
public		 Other/
unknown/
multiple
Total
 7,649 5,991 332 253 241 52 780
Single-Bias Incidents
 7,642 5,985 332 253 241 52 779
Race
 4,042 3,338 161 150 33 39 321
Religion
 1,374 640 119 72 190 2 351
Sexual Orientation
 1,197 1,089 24 20 5 6 53
Ethnicity/National Origin
 972 869 24 10 13 4 52
Disability
 57 49 4 1 0 1 2
Multiple-Bias Incidents1
 7 6 0 0 0 0 1