Child Maltreatment 2000
Table 4-1 Age and Sex of Perpetrators, 2000 (DCDC, Child File)
The word bold before a number indicates an estimate or a total.
| Age | Male1 | Female2 | Total3 | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Number | Percentage | Number | Percentage | Number | Percentage | |
| < 20 | 19,413 | 6.6 | 20,458 | 4.7 | 39,871 | 5.5 |
| 20-29 | 73,283 | 25.0 | 162,969 | 37.2 | 236,252 | 32.3 |
| 30-39 | 117,713 | 40.2 | 181,293 | 41.4 | 299,006 | 40.9 |
| 40-49 | 61,095 | 20.9 | 56,837 | 13.0 | 117,932 | 16.1 |
| > 49 | 21,201 | 7.2 | 16,453 | 3.8 | 37,654 | 5.2 |
| Total | bold292,705 | Blank Cell | bold438,010 | Blank Cell | bold730,715 | Blank Cell |
| Percent | Blank Cell | bold40.1 | Blank Cell | bold59.9 | Blank Cell | bold100.0 |
Based on data from 33 States: Arizona, Arkansas, California, Connecticut, Florida, Hawaii, Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Kansas, Kentucky, Louisiana, Maine, Massachusetts, Michigan, Minnesota, Missouri, Nebraska, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New Mexico, New York, North Carolina, Oklahoma, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, Texas, Utah, Vermont, Virginia, Washington, West Virginia, and Wyoming. Percentages are based on a total count of 730,715 perpetrators from reports in which the perpetrator's age and sex were provided. A perpetrator is counted for each report and each child with whom he or she is associated.
1 median age =
34.0
2 median age =
31.0
3 median age =
32.0
This table lists age groups, in the first column, for the adult perpetrators. These age groups are less than 20, 20-29, 30-39, 40-49, and older than 49. The next two columns break the perpetrators down into males and females, respectively. Each of these columns first lists the number of perpetrators particular to the specified gender and age and then the percentage of perpetrators, within the given gender, that fall within the given age boundaries. The last column totals the number of perpetrators for each age group and gives a percentage of those in each. The median age of male perpetrators is 34 while the median age of female perpetrators is 31. The median age of all perpetrators is 32 years old.
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