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Reduce nonfatal firearm-related injuries.

Target: 8.6 injuries per 100,000 population.

Baseline: 24.0 nonfatal firearm-related injuries per 100,000 population occurred in 1997.

Target setting method: Better than the best.

Data source: National Electronic Injury Surveillance System (NEISS), Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC).

Total Population, 1997

Nonfatal Firearm-Related Injuries

Rate per 100,000

TOTAL

24.0

Race and ethnicity

American Indian or Alaska Native

DSU

Asian or Pacific Islander

DSU

Asian

DSU

Native Hawaiian and other Pacific Islander

DSU

Black or African American

DNA

White

DNA

 

Hispanic or Latino

39.0

Not Hispanic or Latino

DNA

Black or African American

92.0

White

8.7

Gender

Female

5.3

Male

43.5

Education level

Less than high school

DNC

High school graduate

DNC

At least some college

DNC

Select populations

Males aged 15 to 24 years

143.8

DNA = Data have not been analyzed. DNC = Data are not collected. DSU = Data are statistically unreliable.