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Table 2.  Rates of violent crime and personal theft, by sex, age, race,
and Hispanic origin, 1997

                                 Victimizations per 1,000 persons age 12 or older
                                 Violent crimes
                                 All        Rape/                   Assault                Per-
Characteristic                   crimes of  Sexual                       Aggra-            sonal
of victim          Population    violence*  assault   Robbery   Total    vated   Simple    theft
 
Sex
   Male              106,598,660     45.8      0.3      6.1     39.3     10.9     28.4      1.6
   Female            113,240,440     33.0      2.5      2.6     28.0      6.4     21.6      1.7

Age
   12-15              15,701,280     87.9      2.5      8.2     77.1     15.1     62.0      2.8
   16-19              15,244,130     96.2      5.6     10.2     80.4     24.6     55.8      3.5
   20-24              17,648,850     67.8      2.4      7.4     57.9     17.0     40.9      1.8
   25-34              40,162,600     46.9      2.3      4.7     39.9      9.5     30.4      1.1
   35-49              62,604,840     32.2      0.6      3.7     27.8      7.4     20.4      1.6
   50-64              36,486,320     14.6      0.2      2.2     12.2      2.8      9.4      1.1
   65 or older        31,991,100      4.4      0.2      0.9      3.4      0.6      2.8      1.2

Race
   White             184,617,470     38.3      1.4      3.8     33.1      8.2     24.9      1.4
   Black              26,683,380     49.0      1.6      7.4     39.9     12.2     27.7      3.3
   Other               8,538,250     28.0      1.1      5.0     21.9      6.1     15.8      0.8

Hispanic origin
   Hispanic           21,163,000     43.1      1.5      7.3     34.4     10.4     24.0      2.4
   Non-Hispanic      196,323,060     38.3      1.4      3.9     33.0      8.3     24.7      1.5

*The National Crime Victimization Survey includes as violent crime
rape/sexual assault, robbery, and assault but not murder and manslaughter.

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