Expanded Homicide Data Table 9
Murder Victims by Age
by Weapon, 2015
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 | 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 |
- 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.