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Firearm deaths by intent, 1991-2001

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Firearm deaths by intent from the Vital Statistics
    Number of firearm deaths   Percent of all firearm deaths  
    All Unintent-ional Suicide Homicide Unde-termined   Unintent- ional Suicide Homicides Other  
  All ages                      
  1991 38,317 1,441 18,526 17,986 364   4 48 47 1  
  1992 37,776 1,409 18,169 17,790 408   4 48 47 1  
  1993 39,595 1,521 18,940 18,571 563   4 48 47 1  
  1994 38,505 1,356 18,765 17,866 518   4 49 46 1  
  1995 35,957 1,225 18,503 15,835 394   3 51 44 1  
  1996 34,040 1,134 18,166 14,327 413   3 53 42 1  
  1997 32,436 981 17,566 13,522 367   3 54 42 1  
  1998 30,708 866 17,424 12,102 316   3 57 39 1  
  1999 28,874 824 16,599 10,828 324   3 57 38 1  
  2000 28,663 776 16,586 11,071 230   3 58 39 1  
 
2001
 29,573 802 16,869 11,671 231   3 57 39 1  
                       
  Children and teens              
(19 and under)        
  1991 5,356 551 1,436 3,274 95   10 27 61 2  
  1992 5,379 501 1,426 3,362 90   9 27 63 2  
  1993 5,751 526 1,460 3,661 104   9 25 64 2  
  1994 5,833 512 1,565 3,619 137   9 27 62 2  
  1995 5,285 440 1,450 3,280 115   8 27 62 2  
  1996 4,643 376 1,309 2,866 92   8 28 62 2  
  1997 4,223 306 1,262 2,580 75   7 30 61 2  
  1998 3,792 262 1,241 2,215 74   7 33 58 2  
  1999 3,385 214 1,078 1,990 83   6 32 59 2  
 
2000
 3,042 193 1,007 1,806 36   6 33 59 1  
 
2001
 2,937 182 928 1,797 30   6 32 61 1  
                       
  Children                  
(14 and under)            
  1991 813 227 156 421 9   28 19 52 1  
  1992 895 216 175 484 20   24 20 54 2  
  1993 957 205 187 543 22   21 20 57 2  
  1994 872 185 188 469 30   21 22 54 3  
  1995 853 181 184 463 25   21 22 54 3  
  1996 693 138 162 380 13   20 23 55 2  
  1997 630 142 127 347 14   23 20 55 2  
  1998 612 121 154 317 20   20 25 52 3  
  1999 489 88 103 282 15   18 21 58 3  
 
2000
 436 86 110 230 10   20 25 53 2  
 
2001
 414 72 90 246 6   17 22 59 1  
                       
Teens 15-19            
  1991 4,543 324 1,280 2,853 86   7 28 63 2  
  1992 4,484 285 1,251 2,878 70   6 28 64 2  
  1993 4,794 321 1,273 3,118 82   7 27 65 2  
  1994 4,961 327 1,377 3,150 107   7 28 63 2  
  1995 4,432 259 1,266 2,817 90   6 29 64 2  
  1996 3,950 238 1,147 2,486 79   6 29 63 2  
  1997 3,593 164 1,135 2,233 61   5 32 62 2  
  1998 3,180 141 1,087 1,898 54   4 34 60 2  
  1999 2,896 126 975 1,708 68   4 34 59 2  
 
2000
 2,606 107 897 1,576 26   4 34 60 1  
 
2001
 2,523 110 838 1,551 24   4 33 61 1  
                       
Adults 20+            
  1991 32,961 890 17,090 14,712 269   3 52 45 1  
  1992 32,397 908 16,743 14,428 318   3 52 45 1  
  1993 33,844 995 17,480 14,910 459   3 52 44 1  
  1994 32,672 844 17,200 14,247 381   3 53 44 1  
  1995 30,672 785 17,053 12,555 279   3 56 41 1  
  1996 29,397 758 16,857 11,461 321   3 57 39 1  
  1997 28,213 675 16,304 10,942 292   2 58 39 1  
  1998 26,916 604 16,183 9,887 242   2 60 37 1  
  1999 25,469 610 15,516 8,823 241   2 61 35 1  
 
2000
25,621
583
15,579
9,265
194
2
61
36
1
  
 
2001
26,636
620
15,941
9,874
201
2
60
37
1
  
                       
Source: National Center for Health Statistics, Vital Statistics
*Includes homicides and legal intervention deaths


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