Expanded Homicide Data Table 9
Murder Victims by Age
by Weapon, 2014
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 | 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 |
- 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.