Year | Population | Firearm suicide | Firearm homicide | Homicide minus mass shootings | Unintentional | Undetermined | Total | Total non-firearm suicide | Total non-firearm homicide | Suicide by all methods including firearm | Homicide by all methods including firearm |
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NA, not available. Values are n (rate/100 000). Where the nimber of undetermined cases is ⩽3, these were suppressed by the National Injury Surveillance Unit to protect privacy. The column total is the accurate total. | |||||||||||
1979 | 14 515 729 | 523 (3.60) | 97 (0.67) | 97 (0.67) | 65 (0.45) | 20 (0.14) | 705 (4.86) | 1154 (7.95) | 168 (1.16) | 1677 (11.55) | 265 (1.83) |
1980 | 14 695 356 | 516 (3.51) | 109 (0.74) | 109 (0.74) | 62 (0.42) | 11 (0.07) | 698 (4.75) | 1091 (7.42) | 171 (1.16) | 1607 (10.94) | 280 (1.91) |
1981 | 14 923 260 | 495 (3.32) | 87 (0.58) | 82 (0.55) | 36 (0.24) | 11 (0.07) | 629 (4.21) | 1177 (7.89) | 195 (1.31) | 1672 (11.20) | 282 (1.89) |
1982 | 15 184 247 | 541 (3.56) | 100 (0.66) | 100 (0.66) | 48 (0.32) | 8 (0.05) | 697 (4.59) | 1236 (8.14) | 189 (1.24) | 1777 (11.70) | 289 (1.90) |
1983 | 15 393 472 | 512 (3.33) | 92 (0.60) | 92 (0.60) | 40 (0.26) | 6 (0.04) | 650 (4.22) | 1214 (7.89) | 202 (1.31) | 1726 (11.21) | 294 (1.91) |
1984 | 15 579 391 | 523 (3.36) | 120 (0.77) | 115 (0.74) | 32 (0.21) | 7 (0.04) | 682 (4.38) | 1189 (7.63) | 179 (1.15) | 1712 (10.99) | 299 (1.92) |
1985 | 15 788 312 | 550 (3.48) | 97 (0.61) | 97 (0.61) | 35 (0.22) | 24 (0.15) | 706 (4.47) | 1277 (8.09) | 217 (1.37) | 1827 (11.57) | 314 (1.99) |
1986 | 16 018 350 | 548 (3.42) | 101 (0.63) | 101 (0.63) | 28 (0.17) | 15 (0.09) | 692 (4.32) | 1434 (8.95) | 214 (1.34) | 1982 (12.37) | 315 (1.97) |
1987 | 16 263 874 | 571 (3.51) | 96 (0.59) | 71 (0.44) | 27 (0.17) | 10 (0.06) | 704 (4.33) | 1669 (10.26) | 223 (1.37) | 2240 (13.77) | 319 (1.96) |
1988 | 16 532 164 | 521 (3.15) | 123 (0.74) | 117 (0.71) | 30 (0.18) | 17 (0.10) | 691 (4.18) | 1676 (10.14) | 272 (1.65) | 2197 (13.29) | 395 (2.39) |
1989 | 16 814 416 | 450 (2.68) | 80 (0.48) | 80 (0.48) | 19 (0.11) | 13 (0.08) | 562 (3.34) | 1646 (9.79) | 239 (1.42) | 2096 (12.47) | 319 (1.90) |
1990 | 17 065 128 | 486 (2.85) | 79 (0.46) | 74 (0.43) | 30 (0.18) | 15 (0.09) | 610 (3.57) | 1675 (9.82) | 306 (1.79) | 2161 (12.66) | 385 (2.26) |
1991 | 17 284 036 | 505 (2.92) | 84 (0.49) | 78 (0.45) | 29 (0.17) | 5 (0.03) | 623 (3.60) | 1855 (10.73) | 270 (1.56) | 2360 (13.65) | 354 (2.05) |
1992 | 17 494 664 | 488 (2.79) | 96 (0.55) | 90 (0.51) | 24 (0.14) | 7 (0.04) | 615 (3.52) | 1806 (10.32) | 223 (1.27) | 2294 (13.11) | 319 (1.82) |
1993 | 17 667 093 | 431 (2.44) | 64 (0.36) | 59 (0.33) | 18 (0.10) | 6 (0.03) | 519 (2.94) | 1650 (9.34) | 262 (1.48) | 2081 (11.78) | 326 (1.85) |
1994 | 17 854 738 | 420 (2.35) | 76 (0.43) | 76 (0.43) | 20 (0.11) | 6 (0.03) | 522 (2.92) | 1838 (10.29) | 256 (1.43) | 2258 (12.65) | 332 (1.86) |
1995 | 18 071 758 | 388 (2.15) | 67 (0.37) | 67 (0.37) | 15 (0.08) | 3 (0.02) | 473 (2.62) | 1980 (10.96) | 266 (1.47) | 2368 (13.10) | 333 (1.84) |
1996 | 18 310 714 | 382 (2.09) | 104 (0.57) | 63 (0.34) | 30 (0.16) | 5 (0.03) | 521 (2.85) | 2011 (10.98) | 222 (1.21) | 2393 (13.07) | 326 (1.78) |
1997 | 18 517 564 | 329 (1.78) | 79 (0.43) | 79 (0.43) | 19 (0.10) | 3 (0.02) | 430 (2.32) | 2391 (12.91) | 250 (1.35) | 2720 (14.69) | 329 (1.78) |
1998 | 18 711 271 | 235 (1.26) | 57 (0.30) | 57 (0.30) | 22 (0.12) | 8 (0.04) | 322 (1.72) | 2448 (13.09) | 250 (1.34) | 2683 (14.34) | 307 (1.64) |
1999 | 18 925 855 | 269 (1.42) | 50 (0.26) | 50 (0.26) | 28 (0.15) | NA | 349 (1.84) | 2223 (11.75) | 250 (1.32) | 2492 (13.17) | 300 (1.59) |
2000 | 19 153 380 | 222 (1.16) | 57 (0.30) | 57 (0.30) | 45 (0.23) | NA | 326 (1.70) | 2141 (11.18) | 256 (1.34) | 2363 (12.34) | 313 (1.63) |
2001 | 19 413 240 | 261 (1.34) | 47 (0.24) | 47 (0.24) | 18 (0.09) | NA | 329 (1.69) | 2193 (11.30) | 253 (1.30) | 2454 (12.64) | 300 (1.55) |
2002 | 19 640 979 | 217 (1.10) | 45 (0.23) | 45 (0.23) | 31 (0.16) | 0 (0.0) | 293 (1.49) | 2103 (10.71) | 246 (1.25) | 2320 (11.81) | 291 (1.48) |
2003 | 19 872 646 | 193 (0.97) | 54 (0.27) | 54 (0.27) | 40 (0.20) | NA | 289 (1.45) | 2020 (10.16) | 224 (1.13) | 2213 (11.14) | 278 (1.40) |
Total | 10 576 | 2061 | 1957 | 791 | 209 | 13 637 | 43 097 | 5803 | 53 673 | 7864 |