Expanded Homicide Data Table 9

Murder Victims by Age

by Weapon, 2011

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	12,664	8,583	1,694	496	728	5	12	75	29	85	89	868
Percent distribution³	100.0	67.8	13.4	3.9	5.7	*	0.1	0.6	0.2	0.7	0.7	6.9
Under 18⁴	1,187	565	98	44	258	3	2	21	5	8	19	164
Under 22⁴	2,945	2,044	241	69	285	3	5	23	9	14	25	227
18 and over⁴	11,350	7,952	1,584	449	456	2	10	54	22	76	69	676
Infant (under 1)	196	9	10	14	95	2	1	0	3	2	9	51
1 to 4	301	46	12	18	139	1	0	4	2	1	4	74
5 to 8	84	34	13	4	9	0	0	10	0	2	4	8
9 to 12	65	30	9	5	7	0	0	6	0	2	2	4
13 to 16	300	238	32	3	4	0	1	1	0	1	0	20
17 to 19	1,069	909	92	11	15	0	2	0	0	3	2	35
20 to 24	2,329	1,917	232	35	47	0	1	7	5	8	9	68
25 to 29	1,892	1,483	231	32	39	0	2	8	2	7	6	82
30 to 34	1,414	1,072	168	34	37	0	0	3	2	12	11	75
35 to 39	1,046	735	153	32	43	2	0	3	2	5	3	68
40 to 44	900	554	157	35	54	0	2	11	3	6	7	71
45 to 49	854	473	183	57	52	0	0	2	5	7	7	68
50 to 54	673	371	121	56	53	0	0	4	1	6	8	53
55 to 59	500	257	98	47	38	0	0	2	0	4	4	50
60 to 64	307	149	57	31	25	0	1	6	0	8	1	29
65 to 69	184	93	29	13	19	0	0	2	1	4	3	20
70 to 74	145	55	31	20	8	0	0	4	1	1	2	23
75 and over	278	92	54	46	30	0	2	2	0	5	6	41
Unknown	127	66	12	3	14	0	0	0	2	1	1	28

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