Expanded Homicide Data Table 9

Murder Victims by Age
by Weapon, 2008

Age	Total murder victims	Weapons
Age	Total murder victims	Firearms	Knives or cutting instruments	Blunt objects (clubs, hammers, etc.)	Personal weapons (hands, fists, feet, etc.)¹	Poison	Explosives	Fire	Narcotics	Strangulation	Asphyxiation	Other weapon or weapon not stated²
Total	14,180	9,484	1,897	614	861	10	10	86	33	88	89	1,008
Percent distribution³	100.0	66.9	13.4	4.3	6.1	0.1	0.1	0.6	0.2	0.6	0.6	7.1
Under 18⁴	1,494	747	119	73	294	1	0	18	8	5	29	200
Under 22⁴	3,466	2,364	320	104	327	3	2	21	15	11	32	267
18 and over⁴	12,454	8,637	1,756	536	540	9	10	62	24	83	57	740
Infant (under 1)	221	3	6	15	123	0	0	0	1	2	15	56
1 to 4	338	41	9	37	139	0	0	10	3	1	9	89
5 to 8	70	30	8	5	8	0	0	3	1	1	1	13
9 to 12	73	42	10	3	6	1	0	2	0	0	3	6
13 to 16	452	363	43	9	13	0	0	2	1	1	0	20
17 to 19	1,336	1,096	127	20	24	2	1	1	7	3	2	53
20 to 24	2,428	1,955	283	37	43	0	2	8	5	10	9	76
25 to 29	2,136	1,665	243	49	52	1	1	5	2	13	7	98
30 to 34	1,610	1,195	212	35	65	0	1	3	1	7	0	91
35 to 39	1,204	849	166	54	47	1	0	6	1	6	2	72
40 to 44	1,019	625	184	62	47	1	0	7	4	5	6	78
45 to 49	971	543	187	71	67	0	0	8	1	9	4	81
50 to 54	687	361	124	47	62	1	3	7	2	7	6	67
55 to 59	488	232	100	45	48	1	0	5	0	4	5	48
60 to 64	288	150	49	30	26	1	1	3	2	3	3	20
65 to 69	203	81	47	30	17	0	1	1	0	6	3	17
70 to 74	144	54	29	19	18	0	0	2	1	5	2	14
75 and over	280	99	48	41	29	1	0	7	0	5	9	41
Unknown	232	100	22	5	27	0	0	6	1	0	3	68