Expanded Homicide Data Table 9

Murder Victims by Age

by Weapon, 2015

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	13,455	9,616	1,544	437	624	7	1	82	70	96	120	858
Percent distribution³	100.0	71.5	11.5	3.2	4.6	0.1	0.0	0.6	0.5	0.7	0.9	6.4
Under 18⁴	1,093	553	76	42	205	2	0	16	13	9	42	135
Under 22⁴	2,624	2,011	195	43	150	2	0	18	16	11	29	149
18 and over⁴	12,227	9,014	1,460	388	404	5	1	61	53	85	77	679
Infant (under 1)	168	8	5	15	77	1	0	3	2	3	17	37
1 to 4	260	42	9	20	107	1	0	3	5	2	15	56
5 to 8	91	42	10	2	8	0	0	2	3	2	6	16
9 to 12	56	30	8	2	3	0	0	6	0	0	3	4
13 to 16	282	235	21	2	5	0	0	1	2	1	1	14
17 to 19	996	854	72	7	17	1	0	4	5	3	1	32
20 to 24	2,431	2,060	211	18	25	0	0	6	10	9	8	84
25 to 29	2,071	1,704	187	27	39	0	0	6	15	7	13	73
30 to 34	1,647	1,308	164	34	38	2	0	4	4	10	5	78
35 to 39	1,263	938	164	32	39	0	0	5	4	6	5	70
40 to 44	925	679	107	24	27	1	0	4	7	8	6	62
45 to 49	781	499	121	41	34	1	0	7	2	11	7	58
50 to 54	737	399	156	48	50	0	0	7	4	6	10	57
55 to 59	580	293	107	58	47	0	0	4	1	8	4	58
60 to 64	360	174	68	34	34	0	1	6	1	5	3	34
65 to 69	235	113	57	17	16	0	0	0	0	3	3	26
70 to 74	159	70	27	13	14	0	0	2	0	4	5	24
75 and over	279	119	43	36	29	0	0	7	1	6	7	31
Unknown	134	49	7	7	15	0	0	5	4	2	1	44

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