Year | Total | Percent injured | Firearm | Knife or other cutting instrument |
Other dangerous weapon |
Personal weapons |
Population covered | ||||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Total | Percent injured | Total | Percent injured | Total | Percent injured | Total | Percent injured | ||||||
578,926 | 28.4 | 19,953 | 12.8 | 10,625 | 16.3 | 79,382 | 26.5 | 468,966 | 29.6 | 96,575 | 2,120,273,136 | 4,728,657 | |
1997 | 52,149 | 30.4 | 2,110 | 23.1 | 971 | 25.4 | 5,800 | 32.1 | 43,268 | 30.6 | 8,120 | 184,824,864 | 411,015 |
1998 | 60,673 | 30.7 | 2,126 | 20.7 | 1,098 | 23.7 | 7,415 | 30.2 | 50,034 | 31.3 | 8,153 | 193,098,427 | 452,361 |
1999 | 55,971 | 28.0 | 1,772 | 11.9 | 999 | 17.5 | 7,560 | 27.1 | 45,640 | 29.0 | 9,832 | 207,124,112 | 462,782 |
2000 | 58,398 | 28.1 | 1,749 | 11.4 | 1,015 | 15.2 | 8,132 | 26.9 | 47,502 | 29.2 | 8,940 | 204,598,589 | 452,531 |
2001 | 57,463 | 28.3 | 1,841 | 10.3 | 1,168 | 15.3 | 8,233 | 26.1 | 46,221 | 29.7 | 9,773 | 213,645,308 | 471,096 |
2002 | 59,526 | 28.2 | 1,927 | 11.4 | 1,061 | 15.1 | 8,526 | 25.7 | 48,012 | 29.7 | 10,164 | 219,424,713 | 491,009 |
2003 | 58,600 | 28.2 | 1,879 | 10.7 | 1,084 | 13.4 | 8,180 | 25.4 | 47,457 | 29.7 | 10,539 | 225,769,768 | 501,738 |
2004 | 59,692 | 27.8 | 2,114 | 9.0 | 1,123 | 12.8 | 8,645 | 25.6 | 47,810 | 29.4 | 10,589 | 226,273,199 | 501,462 |
2005 | 57,820 | 27.4 | 2,157 | 8.7 | 1,059 | 11.5 | 8,379 | 24.6 | 46,225 | 29.1 | 10,119 | 222,873,755 | 489,393 |
2006 | 58,634 | 26.8 | 2,278 | 10.2 | 1,047 | 13.5 | 8,512 | 23.5 | 46,797 | 28.5 | 10,346 | 222,640,401 | 495,270 |