Spiking
Freedom of Information (FOI) Act request ref: 23/5286
Version Date: 25/08/2023
The Performance & Analysis Department have provided the following information:
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Data Source: |
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Crime data from UNIFI and NICHE |
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Data Processing: |
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Qlikview report Crime Lists filtered on |
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Entered date: 01/01/18 - 14/11/22 |
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Offence description: |
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ADMINISTER POISON WITH INTENT TO ENDANGER LIFE / INFLICT GRIEVOUS BODILY HARM |
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ADMINISTER SUBSTANCE WITH INTENT TO STUPEFY / OVERPOWER TO ALLOW SEXUAL ACTIVITY |
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CAUSE ADMINISTER POISON / NOXIOUS THING WITH INTENT TO INJURE / AGGRIEVE / ANNOY |
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No Crimes' included |
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Data extracted to excel. |
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Keywords search for in MO Text "spiking by injection", "puncture", "needle", "injection", "injection spiking", "drink spike", "drink spiked", "spiked drink" |
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Qlikview report Crime and Enquires Freetext 2018, 2019, 2020, 2021, 2022 filtered on |
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Crime only |
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Offence Description: |
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ADMINISTER POISON WITH INTENT TO ENDANGER LIFE / INFLICT GRIEVOUS BODILY HARM |
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ADMINISTER SUBSTANCE WITH INTENT TO STUPEFY / OVERPOWER TO ALLOW SEXUAL ACTIVITY |
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CAUSE ADMINISTER POISON / NOXIOUS THING WITH INTENT TO INJURE / AGGRIEVE / ANNOY |
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Free text search: |
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("*spike*" or "*spiking*" or "*drink-spike*" or "*drink spiked*" or "*spiked drink*" or “*spik*”) |
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("*needle*" or "*injection spiking*" or "*spiking by injection*" or "*injection*") |
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QlikSense report Crime Lists NICHE filtered on |
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Crimed date: 15/11/22 - 31/03/23 |
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Offence description: |
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ADMINISTER POISON WITH INTENT TO ENDANGER LIFE / INFLICT GRIEVOUS BODILY HARM |
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ADMINISTER SUBSTANCE WITH INTENT TO STUPEFY / OVERPOWER TO ALLOW SEXUAL ACTIVITY |
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CAUSE ADMINISTER POISON / NOXIOUS THING WITH INTENT TO INJURE / AGGRIEVE / ANNOY |
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No Crimes' included |
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Data extracted to excel |
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Data Limitations: |
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Devon and Cornwall Police are transitioning to a new record management system (Niche), which will provide enhanced functionality and analytical capability. The change will deliver a significant uplift in our ability to record and report crime and incident data. However, during the transition period, the information that we are able to provide will be limited as reliable quantifiable data is not available. Officers are able to view crime and intelligence records, however a range of process and data issues means that providing strategic information is not possible at this time. The issue is not that we can’t extract data, the issue is that the data on the system is not reliable.
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We are working at pace to identify the issues, but they are wide and varied and, in many cases, require changes to working practices to ensure data quality improves. We are unable to provide a timeline for resolution at this point. |
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Information on victim data is not currently available post 14/11/22. |
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Data is limited to the presence of the letters within the keyword, but not to the word itself. |
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If a keyword does not appear in the keywords listed in the data output (in the data tab), then we had a nil return for this word. |
Just searching on the specific offences of:
088/05 – Administering a substance with intent
008/02 – Administering poison with intent to injure or annoy
005/10 – Administering poison so as to endanger life
1) Please could you provide me with the offences of drink and needle spiking, reported to your police force for each month from 1st January 2018- 31st March 2023?
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Number of spiking offences with offences code 088/05, 008/02 and 005/10 reported to Devon and Cornwall Police between 01/01/18 - 14/11/22 |
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Year |
ADMINISTER POISON WITH INTENT TO ENDANGER LIFE / INFLICT GRIEVOUS BODILY HARM, Code 005/10 |
ADMINISTER SUBSTANCE WITH INTENT TO STUPEFY / OVERPOWER TO ALLOW SEXUAL ACTIVITY, Code 088/05 |
CAUSE ADMINISTER POISON / NOXIOUS THING WITH INTENT TO INJURE / AGGRIEVE / ANNOY, Code 008/02 |
Total |
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2018 |
13 |
11 |
89 |
113 |
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Jan |
2 |
2 |
11 |
15 |
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Feb |
2 |
0 |
5 |
7 |
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Mar |
0 |
1 |
6 |
7 |
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Apr |
1 |
0 |
8 |
9 |
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May |
0 |
1 |
6 |
7 |
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Jun |
0 |
0 |
6 |
6 |
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Jul |
5 |
0 |
6 |
11 |
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Aug |
1 |
4 |
7 |
12 |
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Sep |
1 |
0 |
7 |
8 |
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Oct |
1 |
2 |
12 |
15 |
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Nov |
0 |
1 |
4 |
5 |
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Dec |
0 |
0 |
11 |
11 |
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2019 |
2 |
6 |
97 |
105 |
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Jan |
0 |
2 |
7 |
9 |
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Feb |
0 |
0 |
10 |
10 |
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Mar |
0 |
0 |
5 |
5 |
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Apr |
1 |
0 |
14 |
15 |
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May |
0 |
0 |
11 |
11 |
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Jun |
0 |
1 |
5 |
6 |
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Jul |
0 |
1 |
7 |
8 |
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Aug |
0 |
0 |
2 |
2 |
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Sep |
0 |
0 |
6 |
6 |
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Oct |
0 |
1 |
12 |
13 |
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Nov |
1 |
1 |
10 |
12 |
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Dec |
0 |
0 |
8 |
8 |
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2020 |
9 |
3 |
75 |
87 |
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Jan |
0 |
0 |
12 |
12 |
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Feb |
1 |
0 |
8 |
9 |
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Mar |
1 |
0 |
6 |
7 |
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Apr |
0 |
0 |
2 |
2 |
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May |
0 |
0 |
9 |
9 |
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Jun |
0 |
0 |
2 |
2 |
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Jul |
0 |
0 |
4 |
4 |
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Aug |
2 |
1 |
11 |
14 |
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Sep |
2 |
1 |
3 |
6 |
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Oct |
1 |
0 |
8 |
9 |
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Nov |
1 |
0 |
5 |
6 |
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Dec |
1 |
1 |
5 |
7 |
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2021 |
6 |
7 |
157 |
170 |
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Jan |
0 |
1 |
5 |
6 |
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Feb |
0 |
0 |
4 |
4 |
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Mar |
0 |
1 |
5 |
6 |
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Apr |
1 |
0 |
9 |
10 |
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May |
0 |
0 |
10 |
10 |
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Jun |
0 |
0 |
8 |
8 |
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Jul |
0 |
0 |
5 |
5 |
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Aug |
1 |
1 |
16 |
18 |
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Sep |
0 |
0 |
12 |
12 |
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Oct |
1 |
2 |
34 |
37 |
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Nov |
2 |
1 |
37 |
40 |
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Dec |
1 |
1 |
12 |
14 |
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2022 (up to 14/11/22) |
10 |
10 |
141 |
161 |
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Jan |
0 |
1 |
16 |
17 |
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Feb |
0 |
1 |
8 |
9 |
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Mar |
2 |
1 |
10 |
13 |
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Apr |
1 |
1 |
9 |
11 |
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May |
0 |
1 |
11 |
12 |
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Jun |
1 |
0 |
8 |
9 |
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Jul |
2 |
3 |
12 |
17 |
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Aug |
2 |
1 |
25 |
28 |
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Sep |
2 |
1 |
15 |
18 |
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Oct |
0 |
0 |
22 |
22 |
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Nov (up to 14/11/22) |
0 |
0 |
5 |
5 |
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Total |
40 |
37 |
559 |
636 |
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Number of spiking offences with offences code 088/05, 008/02 and 005/10 reported to Devon and Cornwall Police between 15/11/22 - 31/03/23 |
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Offence Description |
2022 (from 15/11/22) |
2022 Total (from 15/11/22) |
2023 |
2023 Total |
Total |
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Nov (from 15/11/22) |
Dec |
Jan |
Feb |
Mar |
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Administer poison with intent to endanger life / inflict grievous bodily harm (recordable) |
0 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
4 |
5 |
5 |
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Administer substance with intent to stupefy / overpower to allow sexual activity (recordable) |
1 |
4 |
5 |
1 |
1 |
2 |
4 |
9 |
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Cause administer poison / noxious thing with intent to injure / aggrieve / annoy (recordable) |
3 |
11 |
14 |
12 |
6 |
15 |
33 |
47 |
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Total |
4 |
15 |
19 |
14 |
7 |
21 |
42 |
61 |
2) Can you please break down how many were drink spiking and how many were needle spiking?
38 crimes contained the keywords ‘injection’ or ‘needle’ or ‘puncture’ or ‘needle’ and ‘injection’ together
51 crimes contained the keywords ‘drink spike’ or ‘drink spiking’ or ‘spiked drink’
3) Can you please list how many victims were male and how many were female?
Please see the tables below
4) And how many people have been charged following the reports of these spiking incidents?
Of the offences found between 01/01/18 - 14/11/22, 1 offence resulted in an outcome of charged.
Of the offences found between 15/11/22, 31/03/23, 1 offence resulted in an outcome of charged.
5) What age was the youngest victim?
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Number of victims of offences codes 088/05, 008/02 and 005/10 reported to Devon and Cornwall Police between 01/01/18 - 14/11/22 |
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Victim age at time |
Victim Gender |
Total |
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FEMALE |
MALE |
UNKNOWN GENDER |
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0 |
1 |
1 |
0 |
2 |
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1 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
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2 |
0 |
2 |
0 |
2 |
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3 |
0 |
2 |
0 |
2 |
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4 |
1 |
1 |
0 |
2 |
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6 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
1 |
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7 |
1 |
1 |
0 |
2 |
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8 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
1 |
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9 |
1 |
2 |
0 |
3 |
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11 |
0 |
3 |
0 |
3 |
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12 |
3 |
1 |
0 |
4 |
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13 |
6 |
3 |
0 |
9 |
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14 |
10 |
0 |
0 |
10 |
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15 |
5 |
1 |
0 |
6 |
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16 |
12 |
3 |
0 |
15 |
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17 |
13 |
3 |
0 |
16 |
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18 |
48 |
9 |
1 |
58 |
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19 |
38 |
10 |
2 |
50 |
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20 |
36 |
6 |
2 |
44 |
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21 |
28 |
4 |
1 |
33 |
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22 |
17 |
5 |
1 |
23 |
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23 |
12 |
5 |
1 |
18 |
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24 |
14 |
8 |
1 |
23 |
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25 |
8 |
5 |
0 |
13 |
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26 |
16 |
2 |
0 |
18 |
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27 |
15 |
3 |
0 |
18 |
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28 |
4 |
3 |
0 |
7 |
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29 |
15 |
1 |
0 |
16 |
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30 |
4 |
8 |
1 |
13 |
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31 |
9 |
3 |
0 |
12 |
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32 |
6 |
4 |
0 |
10 |
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33 |
4 |
4 |
0 |
8 |
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34 |
3 |
2 |
0 |
5 |
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35 |
5 |
10 |
0 |
15 |
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36 |
5 |
1 |
0 |
6 |
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37 |
5 |
6 |
0 |
11 |
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38 |
3 |
4 |
0 |
7 |
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39 |
4 |
0 |
0 |
4 |
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40 |
4 |
3 |
0 |
7 |
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41 |
5 |
1 |
0 |
6 |
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42 |
7 |
4 |
0 |
11 |
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43 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
1 |
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44 |
10 |
1 |
1 |
12 |
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45 |
5 |
1 |
0 |
6 |
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46 |
8 |
4 |
0 |
12 |
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47 |
5 |
1 |
0 |
6 |
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48 |
2 |
4 |
0 |
6 |
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49 |
4 |
0 |
0 |
4 |
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50 |
2 |
2 |
0 |
4 |
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51 |
5 |
0 |
0 |
5 |
|
52 |
1 |
0 |
1 |
2 |
|
53 |
3 |
3 |
0 |
6 |
|
54 |
3 |
0 |
0 |
3 |
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55 |
7 |
4 |
0 |
11 |
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56 |
2 |
0 |
0 |
2 |
|
57 |
4 |
0 |
0 |
4 |
|
58 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
|
59 |
2 |
3 |
0 |
5 |
|
61 |
2 |
1 |
0 |
3 |
|
62 |
1 |
3 |
0 |
4 |
|
63 |
1 |
1 |
0 |
2 |
|
64 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
|
65 |
1 |
1 |
0 |
2 |
|
66 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
1 |
|
67 |
0 |
2 |
0 |
2 |
|
68 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
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72 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
|
74 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
1 |
|
78 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
|
83 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
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86 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
1 |
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94 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
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Age unknown |
2 |
0 |
0 |
2 |
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Total |
446 |
171 |
12 |
629 |