Expanded Homicide Data Table 9

Murder Victims by Age

by Weapon, 2019

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	13,927	10,258	1,476	397	600	16	3	81	93	64	92	847
Percent distribution³	100.0	73.7	10.6	2.9	4.3	0.1	*	0.6	0.7	0.5	0.7	6.1
Under 18⁴	1,146	669	52	34	167	6	1	21	17	11	26	142
Under 22⁴	2,858	2,196	152	42	172	6	1	23	20	17	30	199
18 and over⁴	12,697	9,550	1,419	360	423	10	2	59	75	52	63	684
Infant (under 1)	154	8	5	10	74	0	0	1	6	1	8	41
1 to 4	210	42	6	11	62	3	0	10	7	3	11	55
5 to 8	116	45	10	5	21	2	0	5	3	1	4	20
9 to 12	87	55	3	5	4	1	1	2	1	1	2	12
13 to 16	307	270	16	3	5	0	0	2	0	4	1	6
17 to 19	1,136	1,042	52	4	2	0	0	1	0	3	2	30
20 to 24	2,149	1,850	146	16	16	4	0	5	10	12	7	83
25 to 29	2,161	1,819	159	23	37	0	0	4	22	10	4	83
30 to 34	1,753	1,422	162	23	46	1	0	10	10	3	6	70
35 to 39	1,370	1,055	149	35	44	2	1	4	7	3	8	62
40 to 44	1,103	789	135	33	55	1	0	3	7	5	9	66
45 to 49	797	550	98	27	35	0	1	9	3	5	3	66
50 to 54	630	383	127	26	33	0	0	6	3	2	4	46
55 to 59	640	347	145	47	40	0	0	3	1	1	6	50
60 to 64	463	214	108	47	36	0	0	4	4	3	6	41
65 to 69	282	135	57	23	27	0	0	4	2	2	3	29
70 to 74	207	88	46	22	20	1	0	4	1	1	1	23
75 and over	278	105	47	34	33	1	0	3	5	3	4	43
Unknown	84	39	5	3	10	0	0	1	1	1	3	21

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