22-20    Juvenile Delinquency Among Criminal Cases
        (case)
  Offenders       Proportion
Year   Young Less Than 18 Between to Total (%)
    Offenders   18 to 25  
           
1997 526312 199212 30446 168766 37.9
1998 528301 208076 33612 174464 39.4
1999 602380 221153 40014 181139 36.7
2000 639814 220981 41709 179272 34.5
2001 746328 253465 49883 203582 34.0