Expanded Homicide Data Table 9
Murder Victims by Age
by Weapon, 2010
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 | 12,996 | 8,775 | 1,704 | 540 | 745 | 11 | 4 | 74 | 39 | 122 | 98 | 884 |
Percent distribution3 | 100.0 | 67.5 | 13.1 | 4.2 | 5.7 | 0.1 | * | 0.6 | 0.3 | 0.9 | 0.8 | 6.8 |
Under 184 | 1,277 | 632 | 95 | 66 | 253 | 5 | 1 | 19 | 17 | 6 | 23 | 160 |
Under 224 | 3,172 | 2,199 | 281 | 89 | 286 | 5 | 1 | 21 | 19 | 14 | 27 | 230 |
18 and over4 | 11,566 | 8,067 | 1,597 | 469 | 476 | 6 | 3 | 50 | 21 | 113 | 72 | 692 |
Infant (under 1) | 186 | 5 | 3 | 19 | 86 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 14 | 51 |
1 to 4 | 313 | 38 | 19 | 26 | 143 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 68 |
5 to 8 | 85 | 33 | 9 | 5 | 16 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 11 |
9 to 12 | 43 | 20 | 8 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
13 to 16 | 363 | 298 | 27 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 20 |
17 to 19 | 1,231 | 1,008 | 133 | 16 | 22 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 47 |
20 to 24 | 2,256 | 1,822 | 224 | 45 | 41 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 3 | 12 | 6 | 97 |
25 to 29 | 1,964 | 1,544 | 221 | 35 | 51 | 0 | 1 | 9 | 1 | 14 | 2 | 86 |
30 to 34 | 1,541 | 1,175 | 166 | 43 | 49 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 6 | 17 | 7 | 74 |
35 to 39 | 1,072 | 745 | 150 | 40 | 43 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 10 | 13 | 65 |
40 to 44 | 882 | 553 | 168 | 37 | 36 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 10 | 7 | 65 |
45 to 49 | 838 | 475 | 156 | 55 | 59 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 9 | 4 | 73 |
50 to 54 | 686 | 338 | 144 | 62 | 61 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 14 | 8 | 52 |
55 to 59 | 473 | 255 | 89 | 42 | 35 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 7 | 5 | 33 |
60 to 64 | 325 | 151 | 76 | 25 | 25 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 7 | 35 |
65 to 69 | 189 | 80 | 39 | 18 | 18 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 26 |
70 to 74 | 137 | 71 | 19 | 18 | 11 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 11 |
75 and over | 259 | 88 | 41 | 40 | 27 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 9 | 8 | 37 |
Unknown | 153 | 76 | 12 | 5 | 16 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 32 |
- 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.
- * Less than one-tenth of 1 percent.