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| Number of Deaths from Injury by Firearms,
by Cause and Age for the Year, 2000 Compiled from data reported by the National Vital Statistics Report, Vol. 50, No. 15, September 16, 2002 |
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| Cause of Firearms Related Death | All Ages | Under 1 Yr | 1-4 yrs | 5-9 yrs | 10-14 yrs | 15-19 yrs | 20-24 yrs | |||||||
| Total | 28,663 | 100% | 13 | 0.0% | 46 | 0.2% | 70 | 0.2% | 307 | 1.1% | 2,606 | 9.1% | 3,969 | 13.8% |
| Accidental Discharge of firearms | 776 | 2.7% | 1 | 0.1% | 18 | 2.3% | 18 | 2.3% | 49 | 6.3% | 107 | 13.8% | 95 | 12.2% |
| Intentional self-harm (suicide) | 16,586 | 57.9% | 0 | 0.0% | 0 | 0.0% | 0 | 0.0% | 110 | 0.7% | 897 | 5.4% | 1,370 | 8.3% |
| Assault (homicide) | 10,801 | 37.7% | 12 | 0.1% | 28 | 0.3% | 50 | 0.5% | 137 | 1.3% | 1,549 | 14.3% | 2,414 | 22.3% |
| Legal intervention | 270 | 0.9% | 0 | 0.0% | 0 | 0.0% | 0 | 0.0% | 3 | 1.1% | 27 | 10.0% | 45 | 16.7% |
| Undetermined event | 230 | 0.8% | 0 | 0.0% | 0 | 0.0% | 2 | 0.9% | 8 | 3.5% | 26 | 11.3% | 45 | 19.6% |
| Cause of Firearms Related Death | 25-29 yrs | 30-34 yrs | 35-39 yrs | 40--44 yrs | 45-49 yrs | 50-54 yrs | 55-59 yrs | |||||||
| Total | 3,165 | 11.0% | 2,624 | 9.2% | 2,718 | 9.5% | 2,640 | 9.2% | 2,146 | 7.5% | 1,805 | 6.3% | 1,289 | 4.5% |
| Accidental Discharge of firearms | 74 | 9.5% | 57 | 7.3% | 75 | 9.7% | 78 | 10.1% | 38 | 4.9% | 40 | 5.2% | 36 | 4.6% |
| Intentional self-harm (suicide) | 1,223 | 7.4% | 1,230 | 7.4% | 1,521 | 9.2% | 1,670 | 10.1% | 1,491 | 9.0% | 1,367 | 8.2% | 1,001 | 6.0% |
| Assault (homicide) | 1,789 | 16.6% | 1,285 | 11.9% | 1,064 | 9.9% | 842 | 7.8% | 582 | 5.4% | 377 | 3.5% | 235 | 2.2% |
| Legal intervention | 47 | 17.4% | 32 | 11.9% | 40 | 14.8% | 29 | 10.7% | 26 | 9.6% | 7 | 2.6% | 5 | 1.9% |
| Undetermined event | 32 | 13.9% | 20 | 8.7% | 18 | 7.8% | 21 | 9.1% | 9 | 3.9% | 14 | 6.1% | 12 | 5.2% |
| Cause of Firearms Related Death | 60-64 yrs | 65-69 yrs | 70-74 | 75-79 | 80-84 | 85 and over | Age not stated | |||||||
| Total | 983 | 3.4% | 923 | 3.2% | 1018 | 3.6% | 994 | 3.5% | 729 | 2.5% | 600 | 2.1% | 18 | 0.1% |
| Accidental Discharge of firearms | 14 | 1.8% | 24 | 3.1% | 17 | 2.2% | 17 | 2.2% | 7 | 0.9% | 11 | 1.4% | 0 | 0.0% |
| Intentional self-harm (suicide) | 832 | 5.0% | 791 | 4.8% | 909 | 5.5% | 917 | 5.5% | 694 | 4.2% | 558 | 3.4% | 5 | 0.0% |
| Assault (homicide) | 132 | 1.2% | 99 | 0.9% | 85 | 0.8% | 54 | 0.5% | 27 | 0.2% | 28 | 0.3% | 12 | 0.1% |
| Legal intervention | 2 | 0.7% | 2 | 0.7% | 3 | 1.1% | 1 | 0.4% | 0 | 0.0% | 1 | 0.4% | 0 | 0.0% |
| Undetermined event | 3 | 1.3% | 7 | 3.0% | 4 | 1.7% | 5 | 2.2% | 1 | 0.4% | 2 | 0.9% | 1 | 0.4% |
Note: In the yellow row, "Injury by Firearms," the percentages answer the question, "Of the total number of deaths caused by firearms, what percentage is attributed to each age group." In the white rows, percentages answer the question, " Of the total number of deaths for all ages in each 'Cause of Death,' what percentage is attributed to each age group." |
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| Following chart is self-explanatory. | ||||||||||||||
| Number of Deaths from Injury by Firearms
in Relation to Total Deaths in the United States, by Age for the year,
2000 Compiled from data reported by the National Vital Statistics Report, Vol. 50, No. 15, September 16, 2002 |
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| Cause of Death | All Ages | Under 1 Yr | 1-4 yrs | 5-14 yrs | 15-24 yrs | 25-34 yrs | 35-44 yrs | |||||||
| Total Deaths in United States | 2403351 | 28035 | 1.2% | 4979 | 0.2% | 7413 | 0.3% | 31307 | 1.3% | 40451 | 1.7% | 89798 | 3.7% | |
| Firearms Deaths in United States | 28663 | 1.2% | 13 | 0.0% | 46 | 0.0% | 377 | 0.0% | 6575 | 0.3% | 5789 | 0.2% | 5358 | 0.2% |
| Cause of Death | 45-54 | 55-64 | 65-74 | 75-84 | 85 and over | Not stated | ||||||||
| Total Deaths in United States | 160341 | 6.7% | 240846 | 10.0% | 441209 | 18.4% | 700445 | 29.1% | 658171 | 27.4% | 356 | 0.0% | ||
| Firearms Deaths in United States | 3951 | 0.2% | 2272 | 0.1% | 1941 | 0.1% | 1723 | 0.1% | 600 | 0.0% | 18 | 0.0% | ||
