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Table 1.2. |
Number of school-associated violent deaths of students, staff, and nonstudents, by type: 1992-2006 |
Year | Total | Homicides | Suicides | Legal interventions | Unintentional deaths |
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1992–93 | 57 | 47 | 10 | 0 | 0 |
1993–94 | 48 | 38 | 10 | 0 | 0 |
1994–95 | 48 | 39 | 8 | 0 | 1 |
1995–96 | 53 | 46 | 6 | 1 | 0 |
1996–97 | 48 | 45 | 2 | 1 | 0 |
1997–98 | 57 | 47 | 9 | 1 | 0 |
1998–99 | 47 | 38 | 6 | 2 | 1 |
1999–2000 | 36 | 24 | 11 | 0 | 1 |
2000–01 | 30 | 24 | 5 | 1 | 0 |
2001–02 | 37 | 26 | 9 | 1 | 1 |
2002–03 | 35 | 25 | 10 | 0 | 0 |
2003–04 | 36 | 31 | 5 | 0 | 0 |
2004–05 | 50 | 39 | 9 | 2 | 0 |
2005–061 | 35 | 26 | 7 | 2 | 0 |
1 Data are preliminary and subject to change. NOTE: School-associated violent deaths include a homicide, suicide, legal intervention (involving a law enforcement officer), or unintentional firearm-related death in which the fatal injury occurred on the campus of a functioning elementary or secondary school in the United States, while the victim was on the way to or from regular sessions at school or while the victim was attending or traveling to or from an official school-sponsored event. Victims include students, staff members, and others who are not students, from July 1, 1992, through June 30, 2006. SOURCE: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), 1992–2006 School-Associated Violent Deaths Surveillance Study (SAVD), partially funded by the U.S. Department of Education, Office of Safe and Drug-Free Schools, previously unpublished tabulation (June 2007). |