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Table 74

Federal Law Enforcement Officers Killed and Assaulted
Extent of Injury by Type of Weapon, 2000-2004
Extent of injury
 Total Firearm Knife or
other cutting
instrument		 Blunt instrument Bomb Vehicle Personal weapons Threat Other
Total
 2,610 239 43 75 41 277 934 382 619
2000
 528 56 7 6 5 50 171 52 181
Killed
 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Injured
 124 5 1 4 0 12 80 0 22
Not injured
 404 51 6 2 5 38 91 52 159
20011
 590 46 4 28 0 70 182 67 193
Killed
 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Injured
 126 4 2 22 0 17 67 0 14
Not injured
 464 42 2 6 0 53 115 67 179
2002
 374 34 16 23 0 47 173 65 16
Killed
 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Injured
 132 1 5 10 0 8 103 0 5
Not injured
 241 32 11 13 0 39 70 65 11
20032,3
 437 34 7 13 34 43 145 64 97
Killed
 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Injured
 73 1 0 2 0 11 49 0 10
Not injured
 364 33 7 11 34 32 96 64 87
2004
 681 69 9 5 2 67 263 134 132
Killed
 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Injured
 144 7 0 0 0 19 99 1 18
Not injured
 537 62 9 5 2 48 164 133 114

1The two deaths that resulted from the events of September 11, 2001, are not included in this table.

2Data for 2003 for the Bureau of Immigration and Customs Enforcement and the Bureau of Indian Affairs were not available for inclusion in this table.

3Prior to 2003, data were not collected from the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service.