For persons age 65 or older, both the number of homicides and homicide victimization rates declined through 2000 and then stabilized

• About 5% of all homicides were of persons age 65 or older.
  
  
• More males age 65 or older were homicide victims than females of the same age.

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For additional statistical information on this topic, see the BJS publication Crimes against persons age 65 or older, 1993-2002.

Older homicide victims were more likely to have been killed during a felony than younger victims

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Source: FBI, Supplementary Homicide Reports, 1976-2005.
     See also Additional information about the data.

Note: The victims of the 9/11/01 terrorist attacks are not included in this analysis.