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Table 58

Law Enforcement Officers Accidentally Killed

Age Group of Victim Officer, 2005–2014

Age group Total 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014
Number of victim officers 599 67 66 83 68 48 72 53 48 49 45
Under 25 36 4 1 10 2 7 2 2 2 2 4
25–30 120 14 21 11 17 13 15 10 6 6 7
31–35 114 20 15 20 11 8 15 3 9 4 9
36–40 107 13 10 15 14 7 13 11 6 10 8
41–45 77 5 9 9 10 4 5 8 13 9 5
46–50 62 4 2 10 6 7 8 9 8 5 3
51–55 41 2 4 2 4 2 6 5 3 8 5
56–60 26 4 2 5 3 0 5 2 1 2 2
Over 60 12 1 2 1 1 0 2 3 0 0 2
Not reported 4 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 3 0
Average age 38 37 36 37 38 35 39 41 40 41 39