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Indicator 52. Victims of Violent Crime

Number of violent crime victims per 1,000 persons, by type of crime and characteristic of victim: 1988 and 1991

________________________________________________________________________                       |         |             1991                       | Total,  |_______________________________________   Age, sex, and race  |  1988   |  Total1/| Robbery | Assault |  Rape ______________________|_________|_________|_________|_________|_________                       |         |   Total               |         | 12 to 15 years old ...|    56.9 |    62.7       9.9      51.6       1.1 16 to 19 years old ...|    72.0 |    91.1       8.3      79.2       3.6 20 to 24 years old ...|     --- |    74.6      13.9      59.0       1.6 25 years old and over |     --- |    18.7       4.0      14.2       0.5                       |         |   Male                |         | 12 to 15 years old ...|    71.1 |    90.3      15.1      74.8       0.3 16 to 19 years old ...|    89.0 |   121.3      13.1     108.2      (2/) 20 to 24 years old ...|     --- |    97.5      22.3      74.9       ---                       |         |   Female              |         | 12 to 15 years old ...|    41.5 |    33.7       4.5      27.2       2.0 16 to 19 years old ...|    54.7 |    60.1       3.4      49.5       7.1 20 to 24 years old ...|     --- |    52.7       5.9      43.8       3.0                       |         |   White               |         | 12 to 15 years old ...|    55.5 |    60.3       7.8      51.1       1.4 16 to 19 years old ...|    68.9 |    89.7       9.2      76.7       3.7 20 to 24 years old ...|     --- |    73.4      11.5      60.0       1.9                       |         |   Black               |         | 12 to 15 years old ...|    64.5 |    82.4      19.5      62.9      (2/) 16 to 19 years old ...|    92.9 |   106.5       5.2      97.8       3.5 20 to 24 years old ...|     --- |    83.6      29.8      53.0       --- ______________________|_________|_______________________________________ 

1/Because of rounding, the percentages may not add to total.
2/Less than .05 percent.

SOURCE: U.S. Department of Justice, Bureau of Justice Statistics, Criminal Victimization in the United States, 1991.