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Table 10

Law Enforcement Officers Feloniously Killed

Age Group of Victim Officer, 2008–2017

Age group Total 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017
Number of victim officers 496 41 48 55 72 49 27 51 41 66 46
Under 25 20 2 1 3 2 2 0 5 2 2 1
25–30 84 7 9 12 17 8 2 3 5 10 11
31–35 101 7 8 12 11 12 9 11 9 14 8
36–40 82 11 11 9 12 8 7 7 2 8 7
41–45 87 3 13 7 10 8 4 12 9 12 9
46–50 66 4 3 5 13 6 1 9 10 9 6
51–55 33 5 0 1 4 5 2 3 2 9 2
56–60 16 2 3 4 3 0 1 0 1 0 2
Over 60 7 0 0 2 0 0 1 1 1 2 0
Average age 39 39 38 38 38 38 39 39 40 40 38