Maine Marijuana Possession Arrest Rates by Age and Sex (2006)

	All			Males			Females
	Arrests	Pct.	Rate	Arrests	Pct.	Rate	Arrests	Pct.	Rate
Age 0 to 9	0	0.00%	0.00	0	0.00%	0.00	0	0.00%	0.00
Age 10 to 14	43	1.56%	52.33	27	0.98%	64.19	16	0.58%	39.89
Age 15	58	2.11%	319.66	50	1.81%	542.42	8	0.29%	89.62
Age 16	118	4.28%	615.41	98	3.56%	991.67	20	0.73%	215.24
Age 17	188	6.82%	1,012.61	163	5.92%	1,712.24	25	0.91%	276.36
Age 18	273	9.91%	1,558.05	228	8.28%	2,530.75	45	1.63%	528.62
Age 19	272	9.87%	1,641.74	245	8.89%	2,903.28	27	0.98%	332.14
Age 15 to 19	909	32.99%	1,010.29	784	28.46%	1,701.84	125	4.54%	284.70
Age 20	234	8.49%	1,399.55	201	7.30%	2,276.24	33	1.20%	418.29
Age 21	192	6.97%	1,123.91	159	5.77%	1,804.69	33	1.20%	398.89
Age 22	151	5.48%	937.00	122	4.43%	1,473.98	29	1.05%	369.98
Age 23	127	4.61%	818.41	109	3.96%	1,371.89	18	0.65%	237.70
Age 24	103	3.74%	639.58	77	2.79%	964.41	26	0.94%	320.19
Age 20 to 24	807	29.29%	989.70	668	24.25%	1,596.29	139	5.05%	350.19
Age 25 to 29	296	10.74%	389.54	254	9.22%	662.76	42	1.52%	111.51
Age 30 to 34	179	6.50%	232.06	146	5.30%	378.56	33	1.20%	85.56
Age 35 to 39	179	6.50%	197.96	149	5.41%	335.35	30	1.09%	65.23
Age 40 to 44	134	4.86%	127.93	117	4.25%	228.17	17	0.62%	31.79
Age 45 to 49	125	4.54%	111.23	99	3.59%	180.02	26	0.94%	45.31
Age 50 to 54	46	1.67%	43.77	37	1.34%	71.87	9	0.33%	16.78
Age 55 to 59	21	0.76%	21.67	18	0.65%	37.33	3	0.11%	6.16
Age 60 to 64	12	0.44%	17.02	9	0.33%	26.01	3	0.11%	8.36
Age 65 and Older	4	0.15%	2.08	4	0.15%	4.87	0	0.00%	0.00
Total	2,755	100.00%	208.67	2,312	83.92%	357.06	443	16.08%	65.68

 

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Source: Uniform Crime Reporting Program Data

Because of incomplete reporting the arrest totals presented in tables with data on age, sex, and race will NOT always correspond to totals presented in other tables. Please review the following background material for More Information on Source Data.