Expanded Homicide Data Table 9
Murder Victims by Age
by Weapon, 2013
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 | 12,253 | 8,454 | 1,490 | 428 | 687 | 11 | 2 | 94 | 53 | 85 | 95 | 854 |
Percent distribution3 | 100.0 | 69.0 | 12.2 | 3.5 | 5.6 | 0.1 | 0.0 | 0.8 | 0.4 | 0.7 | 0.8 | 7.0 |
Under 184 | 1,027 | 479 | 77 | 41 | 217 | 1 | 0 | 16 | 8 | 8 | 25 | 155 |
Under 224 | 2,603 | 1,822 | 195 | 57 | 237 | 1 | 0 | 19 | 14 | 12 | 33 | 213 |
18 and over4 | 11,101 | 7,914 | 1,408 | 380 | 450 | 9 | 2 | 75 | 43 | 76 | 68 | 676 |
Infant (under 1) | 162 | 9 | 2 | 9 | 82 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 6 | 46 |
1 to 4 | 251 | 28 | 12 | 21 | 107 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 10 | 65 |
5 to 8 | 78 | 27 | 9 | 3 | 15 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 16 |
9 to 12 | 68 | 37 | 10 | 3 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 4 |
13 to 16 | 247 | 197 | 21 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 15 |
17 to 19 | 911 | 777 | 73 | 5 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 32 |
20 to 24 | 2,249 | 1,867 | 204 | 31 | 35 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 7 | 4 | 8 | 89 |
25 to 29 | 1,746 | 1,392 | 176 | 32 | 41 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 11 | 12 | 5 | 73 |
30 to 34 | 1,497 | 1,158 | 171 | 21 | 44 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 6 | 7 | 6 | 80 |
35 to 39 | 1,101 | 814 | 132 | 36 | 39 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 4 | 6 | 7 | 54 |
40 to 44 | 826 | 559 | 115 | 32 | 35 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 4 | 13 | 7 | 53 |
45 to 49 | 803 | 488 | 135 | 28 | 58 | 1 | 0 | 9 | 2 | 8 | 6 | 68 |
50 to 54 | 689 | 379 | 118 | 47 | 50 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 0 | 8 | 9 | 69 |
55 to 59 | 543 | 252 | 111 | 55 | 49 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 9 | 57 |
60 to 64 | 340 | 163 | 62 | 31 | 26 | 1 | 0 | 9 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 43 |
65 to 69 | 214 | 102 | 50 | 20 | 13 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 16 |
70 to 74 | 140 | 63 | 27 | 20 | 9 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 16 |
75 and over | 263 | 81 | 57 | 24 | 45 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 2 | 7 | 2 | 35 |
Unknown | 125 | 61 | 5 | 7 | 20 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 23 |
- 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.