Expanded Homicide Data Table 8

Murder Victims by Age
by Weapon, 2007

Age	Total murder victims	Weapons
Age	Total murder victims	Firearms	Knives or cutting instruments	Blunt objects (clubs, hammers, etc.)	Personal weapons (hands, fists, feet, etc.)¹	Poison	Explosives	Fire	Narcotics	Strangulation	Asphyxiation	Other weapon or weapon not stated²
Total	14,831	10,086	1,796	647	854	10	1	130	49	134	108	1,016
Percent distribution³	100.0	68.0	12.1	4.4	5.8	0.1	*	0.9	0.3	0.9	0.7	6.9
Under 18⁴	1,554	806	127	61	303	4	0	25	14	22	33	159
Under 22⁴	3,758	2,642	307	98	345	4	0	30	19	36	38	239
18 and over⁴	13,013	9,148	1,655	573	528	6	1	97	35	110	73	787
Infant (under 1)	210	9	4	9	122	0	0	3	3	4	15	41
1 to 4	322	35	9	32	143	0	0	8	6	7	10	72
5 to 8	88	35	9	4	14	1	0	6	1	4	5	9
9 to 12	75	36	11	3	8	2	0	4	1	1	1	8
13 to 16	487	376	62	8	11	1	0	3	1	3	2	20
17 to 19	1,443	1,229	110	24	22	0	0	2	6	8	1	41
20 to 24	2,733	2,234	243	45	59	1	1	8	7	13	10	112
25 to 29	2,215	1,773	206	41	51	0	0	11	2	24	10	97
30 to 34	1,651	1,254	206	35	41	0	0	17	3	10	5	80
35 to 39	1,243	821	199	64	56	1	0	6	4	7	8	77
40 to 44	1,127	697	169	73	60	0	0	17	3	16	8	84
45 to 49	960	547	175	67	61	1	0	9	2	11	9	78
50 to 54	698	360	126	57	66	1	0	6	5	6	9	62
55 to 59	451	202	85	55	39	1	0	9	0	5	0	55
60 to 64	292	129	56	43	25	0	0	2	1	0	4	32
65 to 69	181	83	33	28	11	0	0	3	0	4	0	19
70 to 74	130	62	28	9	12	0	0	3	0	0	2	14
75 and over	261	72	51	37	30	1	0	5	4	9	7	45
Unknown	264	132	14	13	23	0	0	8	0	2	2	70