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Table 53

Law Enforcement Officers Accidentally Killed

Age Group of Victim Officer, 2004–2013

Age group Total 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013
Number of victim officers 636 82 67 66 83 68 48 72 53 48 49
Under 25 34 2 4 1 10 2 7 2 2 2 2
25–30 132 19 14 21 11 17 13 15 10 6 6
31–35 120 15 20 15 20 11 8 15 3 9 4
36–40 112 13 13 10 15 14 7 13 11 6 10
41–45 86 14 5 9 9 10 4 5 8 13 9
46–50 67 8 4 2 10 6 7 8 9 8 5
51–55 41 5 2 4 2 4 2 6 5 3 8
56–60 28 4 4 2 5 3 0 5 2 1 2
Over 60 12 2 1 2 1 1 0 2 3 0 0
Not reported 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 3
Average age 38 39 37 36 37 38 35 39 41 40 41