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Homicide in Scotland 1998: CrJ/1999/7

Table 6

Persons accused in homicide cases⁽¹⁾ by age and sex: numbers of accused persons and rates per million population, 1989-1998

Sex and age of accused	Year recorded
Sex and age of accused	1989	1990	1991	1992	1993	1994	1995	1996	1997	1998
All accused	120	99	112	208	163	166	197	172	126	152
Under 16	2	4	2	7	1	8	3	9	3	10
16 to 20	17	17	29	69	42	47	54	48	29	50
21 to 29	53	41	44	79	61	53	73	51	41	51
30 to 49	34	33	31	46	52	51	58	58	47	38
50 and over	14	4	6	7	7	7	9	6	6	3

Male	112	91	103	188	152	148	182	153	117	131
Under 16	2	4	1	7	1	8	2	9	3	9
16 to 20	17	17	25	66	41	45	53	44	27	44
21 to 29	51	37	42	72	59	46	70	47	40	49
30 to 49	29	31	31	37	46	43	49	47	41	27
50 and over	13	2	4	6	5	6	8	6	6	2

Female	8	8	9	20	11	18	15	19	9	21
Under 16	-	-	1	-	-	-	1	-	-	1
16 to 20	-	-	4	3	1	2	1	4	2	6
21 to 29	2	4	2	7	2	7	3	4	1	2
30 to 49	5	2	-	9	6	8	9	11	6	11
50 and over	1	2	2	1	2	1	1	-	-	1

Number of accused per million population
All accused	29	24	27	50	39	40	47	41	30	36
Under 16	4	8	4	14	2	15	6	17	6	19
16 to 20	43	45	81	202	129	149	172	153	92	155
21 to 29	67	52	55	100	78	69	97	70	58	76
30 to 49	29	27	25	37	41	40	45	44	36	29
50 and over	11	3	5	6	5	5	7	5	5	2

Male	51	41	47	85	69	67	82	69	53	59
Under 16	8	15	4	27	4	30	8	34	11	34
16 to 20	85	89	137	378	245	278	329	273	167	268
21 to 29	132	96	110	190	158	125	195	135	119	152
30 to 49	44	46	45	53	64	59	66	63	55	36
50 and over	19	3	6	9	7	9	11	9	8	3

Female	4	4	5	10	6	9	8	10	5	11
Under 16	0	0	4	0	0	0	4	0	0	4
16 to 20	0	0	23	18	6	13	7	26	13	38
21 to 29	5	10	5	17	5	17	8	11	3	6
30 to 49	10	4	0	17	11	14	16	19	10	19
50 and over	2	3	3	2	3	2	2	0	0	2