Expanded Homicide Data Table 9

Murder Victims by Age

by Weapon, 2018

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	14,123	10,265	1,515	443	672	5	4	72	78	70	90	909
Percent distribution³	100.0	72.7	10.7	3.1	4.8	0.0	0.0	0.5	0.6	0.5	0.6	6.4
Under 18⁴	1,126	648	53	42	202	0	2	5	8	2	9	155
Under 22⁴	2,819	2,131	155	55	213	1	2	11	13	11	12	215
18 and over⁴	12,855	9,560	1,453	395	452	5	2	61	68	68	77	714
Infant (under 1)	137	8	2	9	74	0	0	0	1	1	2	40
1 to 4	255	42	8	25	99	0	1	2	5	1	1	71
5 to 8	76	37	5	3	17	0	0	0	0	0	2	12
9 to 12	60	42	3	0	5	0	0	1	1	0	2	6
13 to 16	319	269	24	2	7	0	0	2	0	0	0	15
17 to 19	1,107	972	66	9	6	0	1	2	6	3	3	39
20 to 24	2,199	1,908	140	14	19	1	0	7	11	9	10	80
25 to 29	2,239	1,827	220	22	39	0	0	5	15	9	10	92
30 to 34	1,721	1,391	160	28	31	0	0	5	13	10	6	77
35 to 39	1,441	1,100	156	24	45	0	1	4	5	8	7	91
40 to 44	1,018	758	125	30	42	0	0	6	4	4	4	45
45 to 49	820	559	101	35	44	0	0	3	5	6	5	62
50 to 54	717	410	150	43	56	1	0	4	2	4	1	46
55 to 59	651	354	110	52	51	1	0	4	2	5	7	65
60 to 64	423	197	91	40	38	2	0	5	1	4	8	37
65 to 69	316	136	63	44	24	0	1	3	1	2	4	38
70 to 74	189	95	35	24	12	0	0	3	3	1	3	13
75 and over	293	103	47	33	45	0	0	10	1	3	11	40
Unknown	142	57	9	6	18	0	0	6	2	0	4	40

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