Bureau of Justice Statistics Homicide trends in the United States www.ojp.usdoj.gov/bjs/homicide Homicide victimization by age, 1976-98 Rates per 100,000 population Under 14 14-17 18-24 25-34 35-49 50+ 65+ 1976 1.8 4.5 13.8 15.4 12.6 6.8 5.4 1977 1.9 4.9 14.3 15.5 12.3 6.6 5.1 1978 1.9 5.1 14.6 16.1 12.2 6.3 4.8 1979 1.8 5.2 16.5 17.5 12.8 6.7 5.3 1980 1.8 5.9 17.5 18.5 13.2 6.8 5.3 1981 1.9 5.0 16.0 17.5 13.0 6.7 4.9 1982 2.0 4.8 15.0 15.7 11.9 6.2 4.8 1983 1.8 4.5 13.7 14.6 10.5 5.5 4.3 1984 1.7 4.2 13.2 13.7 10.0 5.1 4.1 1985 1.8 4.9 13.2 13.9 9.9 5.0 4.0 1986 2.0 5.2 15.3 15.2 10.0 5.0 4.2 1987 1.8 5.7 15.4 14.6 9.4 4.9 4.3 1988 2.0 6.5 16.3 15.2 9.2 4.7 4.2 1989 2.0 7.9 18.1 15.5 9.2 4.6 3.7 1990 2.0 9.8 21.1 16.8 9.9 4.5 3.6 1991 2.1 11.1 23.9 16.7 10.0 4.5 3.6 1992 2.0 11.3 23.4 16.1 9.4 4.2 3.4 1993 2.2 12.1 24.4 16.1 9.5 4.2 3.5 1994 2.0 11.2 23.6 15.4 8.9 3.8 3.1 1995 1.9 11.0 21.5 13.9 8.2 3.8 3.0 1996 1.9 9.1 19.5 12.3 7.7 3.4 2.6 1997 1.7 7.3 19.1 11.4 6.8 3.2 2.5 1998 1.7 6.2 17.4 10.6 6.5 2.8 2.2 Number of victims Under 14 14-17 18-24 25-34 35-49 50+ 65+ 1976 872 757 3861 4918 4390 3737 1226 1977 885 807 4064 5128 4322 3672 1179 1978 892 833 4192 5449 4365 3565 1145 1979 844 844 4785 6109 4648 3834 1279 1980 863 950 5146 6845 4885 3957 1345 1981 892 796 4768 6802 4835 4010 1276 1982 944 743 4436 6190 4625 3740 1287 1983 858 678 4044 5858 4260 3311 1174 1984 833 630 3842 5634 4210 3112 1132 1985 857 716 3796 5808 4302 3087 1133 1986 961 758 4335 6445 4521 3105 1229 1987 880 834 4289 6289 4376 3059 1292 1988 1003 934 4438 6605 4433 2933 1269 1989 1023 1131 4834 6740 4591 2889 1149 1990 999 1296 5650 7215 5085 2829 1127 1991 1087 1487 6304 7178 5314 2901 1137 1992 1026 1537 6055 6856 5217 2741 1105 1993 1167 1674 6364 6903 5292 2798 1138 1994 1088 1575 6099 6500 5092 2570 1019 1995 1019 1601 5459 5757 4832 2580 1000 1996 1051 1354 4886 5069 4657 2350 876 1997 943 1115 4721 4619 4233 2231 866 1998 956 963 4316 4239 4061 2017 764 Source: FBI, Supplementary Homicide Reports, 1976-98. See the methodology section in Additional Information About the Data for weighting and imputation procedures used.