Youth Violence: National Statistics
Trends in Non-Fatal Assault-Related Injury Rates, by Sex, United States, 2001-2006
From 2001 to 2006, non-fatal assault-related injury rates among persons ages 10 to 24 years were consistently higher among males than among females. From 2001 to 2006, non-fatal assault-related injury rates declined for both sexes ages 10 to 24 years. For males ages 10 to 24 years, non-fatal assault-related injury rates dropped from 1486.3 per 100,000 population in 2001 to 1390.2 per 100,000 in 2006. For females ages 10-24 years, non-fatal assault-related injury rates dropped from 968.4 per 100,000 in 2001 to 879.4 per 100,000 in 2006.
Non-Fatal Assault-Related Injury Rates Among Persons Ages 10-24 Years, by Age and Sex, United States, 2006
In 2006, among persons ages 10 to 24 years, the non-fatal assault-related injury rate for males was 1390.2 per 100,000 population and the rate for females was 879.4 per 100, 000. For both sexes ages 10 to 24 years, the non-fatal assault-related injury rate was highest for those ages 20 to 24 years with a rate of 1807.1 per 100,000 for males and 1139.5 per 100,000 for females.
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