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National Firearm Deaths
National Firearm Deaths
Ages 0 to 19, 1999-2004
All Races, Both Sexes
(2004 is the most recent data available*)
2004
2003
2002
2001
2000
1999
Accidental
0-4
15
7
12
15
19
12
5-9
13
13
14
18
18
19
10-14
35
36
34
39
49
57
15-19
80
95
107
110
107
126
Subtotal
143
151
167
182
193
214
Suicide
0-4
0
0
0
0
0
0
5-9
0
1
0
0
0
0
10-14
59
73
86
90
110
103
15-19
787
736
742
838
897
975
Subtotal
846
810
828
928
1007
1078
Homicide
0-4
42
48
58
66
40
58
5-9
45
48
55
59
50
61
10-14
139
139
150
121
137
163
15-19
1578
1587
1567
1525
1549
1708
Subtotal
1804
1822
1830
1771
1776
1990
Undetermined/Other
0-4
1
1
1
0
0
3
5-9
3
1
2
2
2
0
10-14
6
13
7
4
11
13
15-19
49
51
58
50
53
87
Subtotal
59
66
68
56
66
103
All Intents/TOTAL
0-4
58
56
71
81
59
73
5-9
61
63
71
79
70
80
10-14
239
261
277
254
307
336
15-19
2494
2469
2474
2523
2606
2896
TOTAL
2852
2849
2893
2937
3042
3385
*The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention's National Center for Health Statistics releases national mortality data approximately 18 months after the end of each calendar year. The most recent data available is for 2004, released in November 2006. Expect to see 2005 numbers here in fall 2007. NOTE: Rates based on 20 or fewer deaths may be unstable. Use with caution. ABOUT 1999-2004 DATA: The coding of mortality data changed significantly in 1999 from ICD-9 to ICD-10, so you may not be able to compare number of deaths and death rates from 1998 and before with data from 1999 and after. Though there were no apparent changes in the coding of firearm deaths, the National Center for Health Statistics does not recommend combining 1999-2004 data with previous years to obtain average annual numbers of death and death rates. TABLE: Statistics compiled by Common Sense about Kids and Guns using WISQARS. WISQARS is produced by the Office of Statistics and Programming, NCIPC, CDC. DATA SOURCE: National Center for Health Statistics National Vital Statistics System.
