Expanded Homicide Data Table 9

Murder Victims by Age

by Weapon, 2014

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	11,961	8,124	1,567	435	660	7	6	71	62	89	96	844
Percent distribution³	100.0	67.9	13.1	3.6	5.5	0.1	0.1	0.6	0.5	0.7	0.8	7.1
Under 18⁴	1,085	519	80	45	217	2	0	11	13	11	33	154
Under 22⁴	2,595	1,793	209	56	240	2	1	15	19	13	39	208
18 and over⁴	10,773	7,560	1,477	388	429	4	6	58	48	78	61	664
Infant (under 1)	177	10	5	17	88	0	0	0	3	0	9	45
1 to 4	283	44	12	20	109	1	0	6	7	4	12	68
5 to 8	83	34	11	3	9	1	0	1	1	3	7	13
9 to 12	63	36	9	2	2	0	0	1	0	2	2	9
13 to 16	273	220	22	2	6	0	0	3	1	2	3	14
17 to 19	861	728	80	2	14	0	0	3	1	1	3	29
20 to 24	2,181	1,821	188	22	40	0	1	5	8	8	5	83
25 to 29	1,760	1,378	206	27	43	0	0	5	9	9	2	81
30 to 34	1,389	1,037	169	38	35	0	0	5	7	16	2	80
35 to 39	1,072	772	148	30	31	1	1	10	9	6	4	60
40 to 44	836	561	127	33	48	0	0	5	5	3	5	49
45 to 49	747	453	135	25	37	1	0	4	3	10	10	69
50 to 54	669	366	143	50	46	0	1	7	3	3	4	46
55 to 59	514	247	102	48	41	0	0	8	0	4	4	60
60 to 64	304	131	58	36	31	0	1	3	0	8	5	31
65 to 69	227	85	55	32	24	0	0	1	2	3	4	21
70 to 74	148	60	29	18	16	1	2	0	0	1	4	17
75 and over	271	96	58	28	26	1	0	2	2	6	9	43
Unknown	103	45	10	2	14	1	0	2	1	0	2	26

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