Expanded Homicide Data Table 9

Murder Victims by Age

by Weapon, 2012

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	12,765	8,855	1,589	518	678	12	8	85	35	89	105	791
Percent distribution³	100.0	69.4	12.4	4.1	5.3	0.1	0.1	0.7	0.3	0.7	0.8	6.2
Under 18⁴	1,101	563	84	54	193	5	0	19	14	10	26	133
Under 22⁴	2,848	2,054	235	72	217	5	0	25	16	18	36	170
18 and over⁴	11,549	8,239	1,494	460	469	7	8	66	21	79	77	629
Infant (under 1)	144	6	3	16	66	3	0	1	3	0	9	37
1 to 4	261	37	15	29	97	1	0	6	8	3	10	55
5 to 8	96	51	8	2	15	1	0	4	0	2	3	10
9 to 12	65	29	10	3	6	0	0	4	0	2	2	9
13 to 16	326	265	29	2	8	0	0	4	3	2	0	13
17 to 19	1,001	871	82	7	8	0	0	3	0	4	6	20
20 to 24	2,362	1,955	233	35	42	0	0	6	6	9	11	65
25 to 29	1,912	1,534	200	31	42	0	0	3	2	8	9	83
30 to 34	1,484	1,143	165	30	55	0	1	6	4	11	3	66
35 to 39	1,101	813	130	33	43	0	2	6	0	9	7	58
40 to 44	943	608	162	43	53	0	0	3	1	4	6	63
45 to 49	775	450	130	62	50	1	2	5	5	10	6	54
50 to 54	743	400	140	58	61	0	1	10	1	8	9	55
55 to 59	517	265	100	36	44	1	1	5	1	7	7	50
60 to 64	308	144	58	42	20	0	0	5	0	4	3	32
65 to 69	224	96	46	30	13	0	0	4	0	3	4	28
70 to 74	117	45	23	14	10	0	0	3	1	0	2	19
75 and over	271	90	44	41	29	5	1	7	0	3	6	45
Unknown	115	53	11	4	16	0	0	0	0	0	2	29

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