Table 6

Law Enforcement Officers Feloniously Killed
Age Group of Victim Officer, 2000-2009

Age group	Total	2000	2001¹	2002	2003	2004	2005	2006	2007	2008	2009
Number of victim officers	536	51	70	56	52	57	55	48	58	41	48
Under 25	30	5	6	1	2	3	2	1	7	2	1
25–30	103	12	17	11	13	9	9	9	7	7	9
31–35	117	10	13	16	9	12	15	10	17	7	8
36–40	109	9	15	12	8	9	9	17	8	11	11
41–45	64	4	3	6	10	6	12	3	4	3	13
46–50	52	6	5	6	5	6	7	3	7	4	3
51–55	36	3	7	3	2	6	1	4	5	5	0
56–60	13	0	2	1	1	3	0	0	1	2	3
Over 60	10	2	2	0	2	1	0	1	2	0	0
Not reported	2	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0
Average age	38	37	37	37	38	39	37	38	38	39	38

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