Table 6

Law Enforcement Officers Feloniously Killed
Age Group of Victim Officer, 1997-2006

Age group	Total	1997	1998	1999	2000	2001¹	2002	2003	2004	2005	2006
Number of victim officers	562	70	61	42	51	70	56	52	57	55	48
Under 25	29	1	7	1	5	6	1	2	3	2	1
25 - 30	128	20	18	10	12	17	11	13	9	9	9
31 - 35	126	17	10	14	10	13	16	9	12	15	10
36 - 40	103	8	7	9	9	15	12	8	9	9	17
41 - 45	68	11	11	2	4	3	6	10	6	12	3
46 - 50	53	9	3	3	6	5	6	5	6	7	3
51 - 55	31	1	3	1	3	7	3	2	6	1	4
56 - 60	11	3	1	0	0	2	1	1	3	0	0
Over 60	11	0	1	2	2	2	0	2	1	0	1
Not reported	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0
Average age	37	37	35	36	37	37	37	38	39	37	38

¹ The 72 deaths that resulted from the events of September 11, 2001, are not included in this table.