FBI National Crime Information Center Issues Missing Person and Unidentified Person Statistics for 2007
"Highlights from the report include:
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As of December 31, 2007, there were 105,229 active missing person records in NCIC. Juveniles under the age of 18 accounted for 54,648 (51.93 percent) of the records, and 12,362 (11.75 percent) were for juveniles between the ages of 18 and 20.
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During 2007, 814,967 missing person records were entered into NCIC, a decrease of 2.53 percent from the 836,131 records entered in 2006.
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Missing person records cleared or canceled during 2007 totaled 820,212.
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In 2007, there were 518 records entered as Abducted by a Stranger; 299,787 entered as Runaway; and 2,919 entered as Abducted by Non-Custodial Parent. This only accounts for 303,224 entries of the 418,967 entered, or 72.4 percent, which is an increase from 297,632 entries of the 836,131 entered, or 35.6 percent, in 2006. However, as the Missing Person Circumstances field is optional and is thus not an accurate reflection of the actual circumstances of all the entries..."