Firearm Statistics: Updated Table

PART I: NATIONAL DATA

Table 13. Age of Victims of Firearm Homicide, 1974–2004
Number^[1]and Percentage of All Homicides by Age Group
YEAR	<12	12-17	18-34	35-54	55+	<12	12-17	18-34	35-54	55+
	Number of Firearm Homicides					Firearm as % of All Homicides
1974	15	12	144	85	26	28.3	41.4	57.4	49.1	28.6
1975	9	14	166	81	21	18.8	32.6	53.5	41.5	20.4
1976	7	11	136	73	30	11.1	30.6	51.5	38.4	26.3
1977	5	18	146	68	22	8.3	52.9	47.4	34.9	19.5
1978	12	11	129	74	20	17.9	33.3	45.6	39.4	24.1
1979	5	11	109	60	22	8.5	27.5	39.9	37.0	23.2
1980	7	6	100	61	21	17.5	25.0	38.8	34.9	22.8
1981	9	16	92	65	17	16.1	34.8	35.4	34.4	17.9
1982	6	18	127	68	29	12.0	48.6	43.2	36.2	29.6
1983	7	6	108	76	27	12.3	21.4	37.9	36.9	26.0
1984	12	4	111	72	29	16.4	18.2	37.1	41.1	29.6
1985	6	11	116	63	26	10.3	33.3	36.8	30.3	28.9
1986	16	9	75	60	15	27.1	34.6	31.9	36.8	17.4
1987	8	8	92	76	18	17.4	30.8	33.7	41.3	15.7
1988	7	5	88	51	18	15.2	25.0	35.5	28.5	21.7
1989	6	15	113	58	26	12.0	41.7	40.6	31.7	23.9
1990	5	11	101	55	24	10.4	32.4	34.9	28.5	25.0
1991	11	10	132	89	29	23.9	27.8	41.8	37.2	24.8
1992	3	8	121	91	24	5.2	28.6	41.2	34.5	27.6
1993	3	7	94	74	17	6.5	31.8	33.3	37.8	21.0
1994	3	7	101	60	25	5.1	18.9	39.6	36.4	31.3
1995	7	7	73	72	17	13.2	33.3	34.6	33.3	20.0
1996	5	15	88	86	17	9.4	50.0	37.3	36.3	22.1
1997	6	11	94	61	21	9.2	34.4	42.5	35.1	22.3
1998	8	5	65	62	11	14.8	18.5	32.8	33.2	12.4
1999	3	6	74	63	19	8.3	27.3	36.8	33.5	20.9
2000	4	8	91	64	16	10.3	32.0	43.5	33.2	21.3
2001	2	7	97	51	14	5.1	23.3	46.6	24.3	20.9
2002	7	2	83	47	13	15.9	8.3	34.0	25.7	14.9
2003	1	7	96	47	9	3.0	26.9	40.3	26.3	12.9
2004 ^[2]	1	3	108	46	14	2.7	16.7	42.0	22.3	13.5

SOURCE: Statistics Canada: Homicide Survey (unpublished tables)

[1] The total numbers for all age groups may not add up to the total number of homicide victims in Table 10, because the victim's age may be unknown in some cases.
[2] Example for the above data: In 2004, there were 14 firearm homicide victims aged 55 and older, accounting for 13.5% of all homicide victims in that age group.