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Table 11

Law Enforcement Officers Feloniously Killed
Profile of Victim Officers, Race and Sex, 1995-2004
Victim officers
 Total 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 20011 2002 2003 2004
Total
 594 74 61 70 61 42 51 70 56 52 57
Race
                      
White
 496 62 47 57 53 37 40 62 51 41 46
Black
 80 9 9 11 7 3 11 8 4 8 10
Asian/Pacific Islander
 10 2 2 1 1 0 0 0 1 2 1
American Indian/
Alaskan Native
 6 1 1 1 0 2 0 0 0 1 0
Race not reported
 2 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Sex
                      
Male
 565 73 59 70 55 39 50 67 48 50 54
Female
 29 1 2 0 6 3 1 3 8 2 3
1The 72 deaths that resulted from the events of September 11, 2001, are not included in this table.