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Homicide trends in the U.S.
Family homicides

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Sibling homicides by gender of victim and offender
and offender age, 1976-2005
  Brother victim Sister victim
Age of offender Killed by brother Killed by Sister Killed by Brother Killed by Sister
6 2 2 7 2
7 3
8 7 6 2
9 7 1 6
10 9 1 6 2
11 13 1 10 1
12 23 5 12 4
13 39 6 18 3
14 69 10 34 9
15 95 14 29 4
16 124 19 31 11
17 127 11 28 8
18 170 21 23 7
19 158 19 23 7
20 159 14 24 6
21 164 24 14 7
22 184 23 29 8
23 178 17 20 5
24 140 22 23 1
25 166 17 25 7
26 150 21 20 4
27 159 12 19 7
28 143 16 18 8
29 162 15 11 6
30 137 16 12 6
31 95 15 12 1
32 132 18 14 8
33 99 17 12 4
34 115 12 10 4
35 106 8 12 8
36 101 11 7 5
37 96 7 8 6
38 85 7 7 4
39 90 8 8 4
40 94 6 8 1
41 89 2 9 3
42 64 7 2 2
43 50 11 8 1
44 64 5 11 2
45 67 5 9 1
46 49 5 8 7
47 58 6 7 2
48 44 3 8 1
49 41 4 2 1
50 39 1 4 2
51 29 4 1
52 29 10 2
53 31 2 5
54 35 1 6 1
55 32 5 2
56 22 1 4 2
57 15 3 9 1
58 19 3 3
59 20 5 2
60 18 1 1 4
61 14 1 2 3
62 16 1 5 1
63 19 1 4 1
64 3 3 4 2
65 10 2 8
66 11 3 3 2
67 10 2 1
68 9 1
69 8 1 4
70 4 4
71 2 1 2 1
72 8 5 1
73 8 1 1
74 1 2 1
75 4 1 1
76 4 1 2
77 2 2
78 1 3
79 1 2
80 1 1
81 1
82 2 1
83 3 1
84        
85 1 2
86 1
87 1
88 1 1 1
89        
90        
91        
92        
93 1
Note: Includes only the first victim in cases with more than one victim.

Source: FBI, Supplementary Homicide Reports, 1976-2005.
     See also Additional Information About the Data for details about weighting and imputation.
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