Bureau of Justice Statistics,,,,,,,,
Filename:  cp06st07.csv,,,,,,,,
Table # 7. Age at time of arrest for capital offense and age of prisoners under sentence of death at yearend 2006,,,,,,,,
"Report title: Capital Punishment, 2006 - Statistical Tables  NCJ 220219",,,,,,,,
Data source: National Prisoner Statistics (NPS-8),,,,,,,,
Author:  Tracy L. Snell,,,,,,,,
Refer questions to: askbjs@usdoj.gov (202) 307-0765,,,,,,,,
Date of version: 12/5/07,,,,,,,,

Table 7. Age at time of arrest for capital offense and age of prisoners under sentence of death at yearend 2006,,,,,,,,
,Prisoners under sentence of death,,,,,,,
,At time of arrest,,,,"On December 31, 2006",,,
Age,Number*,,Percent,,Number,,Percent,
Total number under sentence of death on 12/31/06,"2,955",,100,%,"3,228",,100,%
19 or younger,329,,11.1,,0,,,
20-24,815,,27.6,,51,,1.6,
25-29,672,,22.7,,280,,8.7
30-34,508,,17.2,,455,,14.1
35-39,312,,10.6,,596,,18.5
40-44,174,,5.9,,563,,17.4
45-49,89,,3,,553,,17.1
50-54,34,,1.2,,331,,10.3
55-59,16,,0.5,,246,,7.6
60-64,4,,0.1,,103,,3.2
65 or older,2,,0.1,,50,,1.5
Mean age,28,yrs.,,,42,yrs.,
Median age,27,yrs.,,,42,yrs.,
"Note: The youngest person under sentence of death was a white male in Florida, born in May 1986 and sentenced to death in September 2006. ",,,,,,,
"The oldest person under sentence of death was a white male in Arizona, born in September 1915 and sentenced to death in June 1983.",,,,,,,
*Excludes 273 inmates for whom the date of arrest for capital offense was not available. ,,,,,,,