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Homicide trends in the U.S.
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Percent of Homicides Involving Guns by Victim Age
Age of
Victim |
Gun |
Nongun |
| 0 |
4.0% |
96.0% |
| 1 |
7.6% |
92.4% |
| 2 |
11.5% |
88.5% |
| 3 |
16.8% |
83.2% |
| 4 |
22.9% |
77.1% |
| 5 |
27.9% |
72.1% |
| 6 |
34.1% |
65.9% |
| 7 |
34.9% |
65.1% |
| 8 |
36.9% |
63.1% |
| 9 |
40.4% |
59.6% |
| 10 |
45.4% |
54.6% |
| 11 |
48.1% |
51.9% |
| 12 |
54.4% |
45.6% |
| 13 |
61.0% |
39.0% |
| 14 |
69.6% |
30.4% |
| 15 |
73.6% |
26.4% |
| 16 |
76.3% |
23.7% |
| 17 |
77.2% |
22.8% |
| 18 |
77.0% |
23.0% |
| 19 |
77.0% |
23.0% |
| 20 |
75.0% |
25.0% |
| 21 |
75.4% |
24.6% |
| 22 |
74.8% |
25.2% |
| 23 |
73.7% |
26.3% |
| 24 |
73.6% |
26.4% |
| 25 |
72.7% |
27.3% |
| 26 |
72.0% |
28.0% |
| 27 |
71.5% |
28.5% |
| 28 |
71.0% |
29.0% |
| 29 |
69.7% |
30.3% |
| 30 |
68.2% |
31.8% |
| 31 |
69.8% |
30.2% |
| 32 |
68.8% |
31.2% |
| 33 |
68.3% |
31.7% |
| 34 |
67.0% |
33.0% |
| 35 |
65.5% |
34.5% |
| 36 |
65.8% |
34.2% |
| 37 |
65.2% |
34.8% |
| 38 |
65.2% |
34.8% |
| 39 |
64.4% |
35.6% |
| 40 |
62.2% |
37.8% |
| 41 |
63.2% |
36.8% |
| 42 |
62.9% |
37.1% |
| 43 |
63.2% |
36.8% |
| 44 |
62.2% |
37.8% |
| 45 |
61.4% |
38.6% |
| 46 |
61.4% |
38.6% |
| 47 |
59.8% |
40.2% |
| 48 |
60.1% |
39.9% |
| 49 |
59.0% |
41.0% |
| 50 |
57.3% |
42.7% |
| 51 |
57.6% |
42.4% |
| 52 |
57.0% |
43.0% |
| 53 |
56.6% |
43.4% |
| 54 |
55.9% |
44.1% |
| 55 |
55.2% |
44.8% |
| 56 |
54.2% |
45.8% |
| 57 |
55.4% |
44.6% |
| 58 |
52.7% |
47.3% |
| 59 |
53.3% |
46.7% |
| 60 |
52.3% |
47.7% |
| 61 |
51.3% |
48.7% |
| 62 |
51.0% |
49.0% |
| 63 |
49.0% |
51.0% |
| 64 |
47.7% |
52.3% |
| 65 |
45.0% |
55.0% |
| 66 |
47.7% |
52.3% |
| 67 |
47.2% |
52.8% |
| 68 |
44.8% |
55.2% |
| 69 |
44.4% |
55.6% |
| 70 |
40.6% |
59.4% |
| 71 |
40.3% |
59.7% |
| 72 |
38.8% |
61.2% |
| 73 |
38.1% |
61.9% |
| 74 |
35.3% |
64.7% |
| 75 |
32.4% |
67.6% |
| 76 |
36.0% |
64.0% |
| 77 |
32.5% |
67.5% |
| 78 |
30.9% |
69.1% |
| 79 |
31.0% |
69.0% |
| 80 |
25.1% |
74.9% |
| 81 |
25.8% |
74.2% |
| 82 |
25.8% |
74.2% |
| 83 |
24.9% |
75.1% |
| 84 |
22.8% |
77.2% |
| 85 |
21.1% |
78.9% |
| 86 |
21.5% |
78.5% |
| 87 |
18.6% |
81.4% |
| 88 |
15.6% |
84.4% |
| 89 |
24.1% |
75.9% |
| 90 |
17.2% |
82.8% |
Source: FBI, Supplementary Homicide Reports, 1976-2005.
See also Additional Information About the Data for details about weighting and imputation.
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