West Virginia 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	17	0.49%	16.69	15	0.43%	28.66	2	0.06%	4.04
Age 15	22	0.63%	100.60	16	0.46%	143.51	6	0.17%	55.97
Age 16	88	2.54%	394.30	76	2.19%	664.32	12	0.35%	110.32
Age 17	141	4.06%	653.23	120	3.46%	1,078.59	21	0.61%	200.78
Age 18	320	9.22%	1,484.86	266	7.67%	2,394.06	54	1.56%	517.24
Age 19	293	8.45%	1,313.23	253	7.29%	2,200.99	40	1.15%	369.80
Age 15 to 19	864	24.91%	788.08	731	21.07%	1,297.93	133	3.83%	249.47
Age 20	254	7.32%	1,158.32	216	6.23%	1,885.94	38	1.10%	362.76
Age 21	213	6.14%	978.78	180	5.19%	1,599.40	33	0.95%	314.06
Age 22	194	5.59%	920.11	162	4.67%	1,457.80	32	0.92%	320.91
Age 23	178	5.13%	831.52	147	4.24%	1,331.35	31	0.89%	299.08
Age 24	148	4.27%	696.83	130	3.75%	1,208.47	18	0.52%	171.73
Age 20 to 24	987	28.45%	918.82	835	24.07%	1,501.29	152	4.38%	293.43
Age 25 to 29	581	16.75%	514.78	484	13.95%	839.56	97	2.80%	175.68
Age 30 to 34	308	8.88%	300.43	241	6.95%	470.15	67	1.93%	130.71
Age 35 to 39	230	6.63%	210.63	182	5.25%	334.38	48	1.38%	87.64
Age 40 to 44	206	5.94%	175.48	167	4.81%	288.67	39	1.12%	65.50
Age 45 to 49	165	4.76%	127.20	149	4.30%	234.13	16	0.46%	24.21
Age 50 to 54	82	2.36%	63.71	68	1.96%	107.12	14	0.40%	21.46
Age 55 to 59	23	0.66%	18.63	21	0.61%	34.38	2	0.06%	3.21
Age 60 to 64	3	0.09%	3.35	3	0.09%	6.88	0	0.00%	0.00
Age 65 and Older	3	0.09%	1.16	3	0.09%	2.77	0	0.00%	0.00
Total	3,469	100.00%	206.17	2,899	83.57%	351.88	570	16.43%	66.39

 

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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.