Percent of homicides involving guns by age of victim, 1976-2005
Line chart with one line. The y-axis is percent of homicides ranging from 0% to 100% and the x-axis is age of the victim ranging from 0 years to 90 years.
For all homicides, the percent committed with a gun began at 4.0 for victims age younger than 1year and increased, reaching 77.2 for victims age 17. Then the percent decreased, reaching 15.6 for victims age 88. Then it fluctuates with a high of 24.1 as it increases to 17.2 for victims age 90.