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"Table 2.  Rates of violent crime and personal theft, by gender, age, race, and "
"and Hispanic origin, 1998"
"                                      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

Gender
"Male                      107,595,530     43.1      0.2      4.6     38.3     10.5     27.8      1.2"
"Female                    114,285,430     30.4      2.7      3.5     24.3      4.7     19.5      1.5"

Age
"12-15                      15,781,590     82.4      3.5      7.7     71.2     12.2     58.9      2.0"
"16-19                      15,620,290     91.1      5.0     11.4     74.7     19.0     55.7      2.3"
"20-24                      17,663,220     67.3      4.6      7.9     54.8     16.0     38.8      1.8"
"25-34                      39,263,480     41.5      1.7      4.2     35.6      8.4     27.3      1.0"
"35-49                      63,428,180     29.9      0.7      3.2     26.1      6.8     19.3      1.2"
"50-64                      37,939,800     15.4      0.2      1.7     13.5      3.3     10.2      1.6"
"65 or older                32,184,400      2.8      0.0      0.5      2.3      0.5      1.8      0.8"

Race
"White                     185,831,440     36.3      1.5      3.7     31.1      7.0     24.2      1.2"
"Black                      27,020,600     41.7      2.0      5.9     33.7     11.9     21.8      2.1"
"Other                       9,028,930     27.6      0.7      4.4     22.5      6.6     15.9      1.4"

Hispanic origin
"Hispanic                   21,699,490     32.8      0.8      6.3     25.6      6.1     19.5      1.7"
"Non-Hispanic              197,506,660     36.8      1.6      3.7     31.5      7.6     23.9      1.3"

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

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