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Home LEOKA 2018-old Tables Table 55

Table 55

Law Enforcement Officers Accidentally Killed

Age Group of Victim Officer, 2009–2018

Age group Total 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018
Number of victim officers 511 48 72 53 48 49 45 45 52 48 51
Under 25 40 7 2 3 2 1 4 7 2 1 11
25–30 95 13 15 9 6 6 7 10 12 11 6
31–35 86 8 15 3 9 5 9 4 12 11 10
36–40 79 7 13 11 6 11 8 7 6 6 4
41–45 71 4 5 8 13 11 5 7 5 5 8
46–50 60 7 8 9 8 5 3 2 7 4 7
51–55 39 2 6 5 3 8 5 3 4 1 2
56–60 21 0 5 2 1 2 2 3 1 5 0
Over 60 16 0 2 3 0 0 2 1 2 4 2
Not reported 4 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 1
Average age 39 35 39 41 40 41 39 37 38 40 36