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Australian crime : facts and figures 2004

Victims of homicide

Figure 7: Age and gender of homicide victims, rate per 100,000 persons, 2003

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Source: Australian Bureau of Statistics 2004. Recorded crime: victims, Australia 2003 cat no 4510.0. Canberra: ABS
Australian Bureau of Statistics 2003. Population by age and sex: Australian states and territories 2003 cat no 3201.0. Canberra: ABS

What this chart shows

  • Sixty-seven per cent of homicide victims were male.
  • In all age categories, the risk of being a victim of homicide was higher for males than for females, with the exception of those aged under 15.
  • Males in the 25 to 44 age group were most at risk of being a homicide victim.
  • The total number of male victims remained relatively stable in 2003 compared with 2002, whereas the number of female victims decreased by 15%, from to 124 to 106.

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