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Homicide trends in the U.S.
Family homicides

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Number of homicide offenders who killed a parent by gender of victim and offender and age of offender, 1976-2005
  Fathers killed by children Mothers killed by children
Age of
offender		 Male offender
(son)		 Female offender
(daughter)		 Male offender
(son)		 Female offender
(daughter)
7 1      
8 1   1  
9 1   1  
10 9   1  
11 11 1 3 1
12 20 9 10 2
13 74 9 31 14
14 129 36 71 19
15 259 47 113 22
16 347 61 130 31
17 353 51 149 17
18 259 43 149 19
19 287 42 131 15
20 241 26 122 13
21 249 32 111 7
22 208 15 122 14
23 230 28 102 12
24 199 17 116 11
25 174 16 104 11
26 126 16 106 13
27 140 23 109 17
28 147 14 92 8
29 130 13 104 11
30 109 23 89 14
31 104 12 87 14
32 98 18 79 4
33 101 17 75 8
34 96 27 76 7
35 79 7 90 12
36 83 11 74 9
37 61 10 74 10
38 60 9 63 13
39 51 11 50 13
40 50 7 69 8
41 66 4 45 10
42 51 6 50 12
43 54 11 57 12
44 42 3 49 18
45 26 5 44 11
46 24 6 26 14
47 29 5 33 12
48 36 4 23 7
49 17 2 33 12
50 21 3 30 9
51 21 3 19 6
52 14   30 2
53 8 4 30 5
54 8 7 26 14
55 9 2 17 8
56 1 2 15 11
57 7 1 17 9
58 9   8 7
59 1   16 4
60 9   14 6
61 2 1 14 2
62 2   12 2
63 1   8 1
64 2   5  
65 2 2 3 3
66   1 2 4
67 1   1 2
68   2 3 2
69     1  
70     1  
71     1  
72   2 1  
74     2  
75     2  
76       1
78     1  
81       1
83     1 1

Source: FBI, Supplementary Homicide Reports, 1976-2005.
     See also Additional Information About the Data for details about weighting and imputation.
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