Table 53

Law Enforcement Officers Accidentally Killed
Age Group of Victim Officer, 1998–2007
Age group Total 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007
Number of victim officers 759 81 65 83 76 75 81 82 67 66 83
Under 25 52 9 5 6 3 5 7 2 4 1 10
25–30 162 18 14 19 19 13 14 19 14 21 11
31–35 159 12 8 15 17 18 19 15 20 15 20
36–40 122 8 16 11 10 11 15 13 13 10 15
41–45 91 9 11 6 7 10 11 14 5 9 9
46–50 72 11 6 12 7 8 4 8 4 2 10
51–55 51 9 3 9 9 3 5 5 2 4 2
56–60 33 4 1 4 1 5 3 4 4 2 5
Over 60 15 1 0 1 3 1 3 2 1 2 1
Not reported 2 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0
Average age 38 38 36 38 38 38 37 39 37 36 37

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