Expanded Homicide Data Table 9

Murder Victims by Age

by Weapon, 2017

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	15,129	10,982	1,591	467	696	13	0	103	97	88	105	987
Percent distribution³	100.0	72.6	10.5	3.1	4.6	0.1	0.0	0.7	0.6	0.6	0.7	6.5
Under 18⁴	1,208	680	62	41	194	3	0	21	10	12	25	160
Under 22⁴	2,994	2,231	181	57	205	3	0	24	16	20	31	226
18 and over⁴	13,754	10,230	1,511	419	485	10	0	77	86	73	75	788
Infant (under 1)	167	12	2	10	79	0	0	0	4	3	11	46
1 to 4	248	39	10	19	97	0	0	6	5	3	7	62
5 to 8	91	44	9	3	7	1	0	7	1	2	4	13
9 to 12	61	31	4	4	4	1	0	2	0	2	0	13
13 to 16	365	309	24	3	5	1	0	3	0	1	2	17
17 to 19	1,132	995	65	9	9	0	0	5	3	3	5	38
20 to 24	2,428	2,092	158	29	27	0	0	4	12	11	7	88
25 to 29	2,457	2,066	199	26	36	1	0	7	20	6	7	89
30 to 34	1,790	1,396	165	38	51	1	0	10	11	15	6	97
35 to 39	1,508	1,159	154	30	49	1	0	6	12	9	12	76
40 to 44	1,077	782	133	29	43	1	0	5	5	3	4	72
45 to 49	928	591	147	42	43	3	0	8	10	6	5	73
50 to 54	832	471	157	48	58	1	0	7	4	5	6	75
55 to 59	691	364	141	49	50	1	0	11	6	3	4	62
60 to 64	456	226	82	35	45	0	0	4	2	6	5	51
65 to 69	314	165	48	32	23	0	0	6	0	1	4	35
70 to 74	151	68	34	19	10	1	0	3	0	2	4	10
75 and over	266	100	41	35	43	0	0	4	1	4	7	31
Unknown	167	72	18	7	17	0	0	5	1	3	5	39

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