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Child Maltreatment 2002
Figure S-7     Age and Sex of Perpetrators, 2002

This bar graph presents the perpetrator data by sex and then by such age groups as younger than 20, 20-29, 30-39, 40-49, and older than 49. This chart provides a percentage of perpetrators that fall within each age/sex category. Men aged 30-39 were the largest percentage of males, with 38.8 percent, while women aged 30-39 were the largest percentages of females with 40.2 percent.

Age of Men Perpetrators	Percentage
<20	6.5
20-29	25.9
30-39	38.8
40-49	21.5
>49	7.3

Age of Women Perpetrators	Percentage
<20	4.3
20-29	38.2
30-39	40.2
40-49	13.5
>49	3.7

 

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