Murder Victims, by Age, Sex, and Race statistics


					1997				1997				1998				1998

Age					Sex			Race					Sex			Race
	1995	1996	Total								Total
				Male	Female	Unknown	White	Black	Other	Unknown		Male	Female	Unknown	White	Black	Other	Unknown

Total..	20,043	16,967	15,837	12,225	3,587	25	7,496	7,690	456	195	14,209	10,678	3,466	65	7,024	6,641	329	215
Percent distribution..	100.0	100.0	100.0	77.2	22.6	0.2	47.3	48.6	2.9	1.2	100.0	75.1	24.4	0.5	49.4	46.7	2.3	1.5

Under 18 yrs. old..	2,428	2,076	1,790	1,253	536	1	843	836	93	18	1,613	1,089	524	0	857	696	44	16
18 yrs. old and over..	17,278	14,647	13,744	10,770	2,974	0	6,524	6,749	352	119	12,294	9,408	2,882	4	6,058	5,850	281	105

Infant (under 1 yr. old)..	249	265	242	143	99	0	142	82	10	8	224	136	88	0	132	80	5	7
1 to 4 yrs. old..	411	399	319	158	160	1	163	140	12	4	324	177	147	0	176	137	7	4
5 to 8 yrs. old	103	104	114	62	52	0	61	45	7	1	112	50	62	0	67	40	5	0
9 to 12 yrs. old	103	91	99	58	41	0	62	30	6	1	100	46	54	0	67	26	7	0
13 to 16 yrs. old..	953	727	583	455	128	0	245	299	37	2	483	356	127	0	242	227	12	2
17 to 19 yrs. old..	2,116	1,759	1,623	1,412	211	0	619	942	52	10	1,470	1,264	205	1	634	788	39	9
20 to 24 yrs. old..	3,559	2,949	2,916	2,508	408	0	1,109	1,732	58	17	2,526	2,169	356	1	1,035	1,440	36	15
25 to 29 yrs. old..	2,814	2,376	2,175	1,811	364	0	914	1,180	58	23	2,026	1,626	399	1	828	1,130	49	19
30 to 34 yrs. old..	2,526	2,001	1,842	1,398	444	0	865	925	38	14	1,535	1,125	410	0	788	708	28	11
35 to 39 yrs. old..	1,966	1,795	1,580	1,148	432	0	765	755	44	16	1,462	1,018	444	0	749	667	30	16
40 to 44 yrs. old..	1,517	1,295	1,213	895	318	0	631	536	31	15	1,181	830	351	0	637	495	36	13
45 to 49 yrs. old..	993	932	888	648	240	0	504	338	38	8	768	548	219	1	427	304	26	11
50 to 54 yrs. old..	645	586	540	401	139	0	345	174	16	5	499	376	123	0	306	177	12	4
55 to 59 yrs. old..	471	389	372	268	104	0	240	112	13	7	324	243	81	0	215	99	7	3
60 to 64 yrs. old..	352	299	275	201	74	0	161	101	10	3	229	169	60	0	148	71	8	2
65 to 69 yrs. old..	292	234	211	149	62	0	136	68	4	3	180	130	50	0	123	48	7	2
70 to 74 yrs. old..	222	181	198	131	67	0	142	51	5	0	162	96	66	0	122	33	5	2
75 yrs. old and over..	414	341	344	177	167	0	263	75	6	0	302	138	164	0	219	76	6	1

Age unknown..	337	244	303	202	77	24	129	105	11	58	302	181	60	61	109	95	4	94

Source: U.S. Federal Bureau of Investigation, Crime in the United States, annual.

http://WWW.fbi.GOV/ucr/ucr.htm

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Uniform Crime Reports

The FBIs UCR Program, which began in 1929, collects information on the following crimes reported to law enforcement authorities: homicide, forcible rape, robbery, aggravated assault, burglary, larceny-theft, motor vehicle theft, and arson. Arrests are reported for 21 additional crime categories. The UCR data are compiled from monthly law enforcement reports or individual crime incident records transmitted directly to the FBI or to centralized state agencies that then report to the FBI. Each report submitted to the UCR Program is examined thoroughly for reasonableness, accuracy, and deviations that may indicate errors. Large variations in crime levels may indicate modified records procedures, incomplete reporting, or changes in a jurisdictions boundaries. To identify any unusual fluctuations in an agencys crime counts, monthly reports are compared with previous submissions of the agency and with those for similar agencies.

In 1995, law enforcement agencies active in the UCR Program represented approximately 251 million United States inhabitants95 percent of the U.S. population. The UCR Program provides crime counts for the Nation as a whole, as well as for regions, states, counties, cities, and towns. This permits studies among neighboring jurisdictions and among those with similar populations and other common characteristics. UCR findings for each calendar year are published in a preliminary release in the spring, followed by a detailed annual report, Crime in the United States, issued in the following calendar year. In addition to crime counts and trends, this report includes data on crimes cleared, persons arrested (age, sex, and race), law enforcement personnel (including the number of sworn officers killed or assaulted), and the characteristics of homicides (including age, sex, and race of victims and offenders, victim-offender relationships, weapons used, and circum-stances surrounding the homicides). Other special reports are also available from the UCR Program. * The Crime Index

The following offenses and attempts to commit these offenses are used in compiling the Crime Index: (1) murder and nonnegligent manslaughter, (2) forcible rape, (3) robbery, (4) aggravated assault, (5) burglary, (6) larceny-theft, (7) motor vehicle theft, and (8) arson. Arson was added as the eighth index offense in October 1978. (Manslaughter by negligence and simple or minor assaults are not included in the Crime Index.)

Offenses in the UCR program are divided into two groupings, Part I and Part II. Information on the volume of Part I offenses known to law enforcement, those cleared by arrest or exceptional means, and the number of persons arrested is reported monthly. Only arrest data are reported for Part II offenses.

Part I offenses

Criminal homicide-- a. Murder and nonnegligent manslaughter: the willful (nonnegligent) killing of one human being by another. Deaths caused by negligence, attempts to kill, assaults to kill, suicides, accidental deaths, and justifiable homicides are excluded. Justifiable homicides are limited to: (1) the killing of a felon by a law enforcement officer in the line of duty and (2) the killing of a felon by a private citizen. b. Manslaughter by negligence: the killing of another person through gross negligence. Traffic fatalities are excluded. While manslaughter by negligence is a Part I crime, it is not included in the Crime Index.

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These tables are based on figures supplied by the United States Census Bureau, U.S. Department of Commerce and are subject to revision by the Census Bureau.

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