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Home LEOKA 2011 Tables Table 53

Table 53

Law Enforcement Officers Accidentally Killed

Age Group of Victim Officer, 2002–2011

Age group Total 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011
Number of victim officers 695 75 81 82 67 66 83 68 48 72 53
Under 25 42 5 7 2 4 1 10 2 7 2 2
25–30 147 13 14 19 14 21 11 17 13 15 10
31–35 144 18 19 15 20 15 20 11 8 15 3
36–40 122 11 15 13 13 10 15 14 7 13 11
41–45 85 10 11 14 5 9 9 10 4 5 8
46–50 66 8 4 8 4 2 10 6 7 8 9
51–55 38 3 5 5 2 4 2 4 2 6 5
56–60 33 5 3 4 4 2 5 3 0 5 2
Over 60 16 1 3 2 1 2 1 1 0 2 3
Not reported 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
Average age 38 38 37 39 37 36 37 38 35 39 41