Number of BB/pellet gun related injuries and firearm related injuries and deaths, and rates per 100000 population for persons aged 19 years and younger, by selected characteristics of the injured person, United States, 1993–99
| Non-fatal BB/pellet gun related injuries* | Non-fatal firearm related injuries* | Firearm related deaths | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Characteristics | No | Mean annual No | Rate (95% CI) | No | Mean annual No | Rate (95% CI) | No | Mean annual No | Rate (95% CI) |
| *National estimates of non-fatal gunshot injuries treated in hospital emergency departments. | |||||||||
| †There were six cases of unknown sex for BB/pellet gun related injuries. | |||||||||
| ‡Excludes those who were of Hispanic origin. | |||||||||
| §Excludes black Hispanic. | |||||||||
| ¶Includes non-Hispanic Asian/Pacific Islander, non-Hispanic American Indian/Alaska Native, and unknown race. | |||||||||
| **Estimate may be unstable because the coefficient of variation was >30%. | |||||||||
| Data sources: National Vital Statistics System, National Center for Health Statistics for deaths; Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s Firearm Injury Surveillance Study for non-fatal injuries; US Census Bureau for population estimates. | |||||||||
| Age (in years) | |||||||||
| 0–9 | 26351 | 3764 | 9.7 (7.9 to 11.6) | 4529 | 647 | 1.7 (1.1 to 2.2) | 1387 | 198 | 0.5 (0.49 to 0.54) |
| 10–14 | 64364 | 9195 | 48.4 (41.6 to 55.3) | 16690 | 2384 | 12.6 (8.9 to 16.2) | 3719 | 531 | 2.8 (2.71 to 2.89) |
| 15–19 | 31353 | 4479 | 24.0 (20.6 to 27.5) | 121980 | 17426 | 93.5 (57.3 to 129.7) | 27806 | 3972 | 21.3 (21.07 to 21.57) |
| Sex† | |||||||||
| Males | 105825 | 15118 | 38.7 (33.2 to 44.1) | 126367 | 18052 | 46.2 (29.3 to 63.1) | 28392 | 4056 | 10.4 (10.26 to 10.50) |
| Females | 16243 | 2320 | 6.2 (5.2 to 7.3) | 16832 | 2405 | 6.5 (4.1 to 8.8) | 4520 | 646 | 1.7 (1.69 to 1.79) |
| Race/ethnicity | |||||||||
| White, non-Hispanic‡ | 70474 | 10068 | 24.1 (19.8 to 28.4) | 27228 | 3890 | 8.3 (6.2 to 10.5) | 11920 | 1703 | 3.4 (3.34 to 3.47) |
| Black | 19614 | 2802 | 28.4 (20.7 to 36.1) | 73348 | 10478 | 94.8 (43.7 to 146.0) | 13787 | 1970 | 16.7 (16.39 to 16.94) |
| Hispanic§ | 5450 | 779 | 9.0 (4.2 to 13.8) | 27548** | 3935** | 40.5** (11.4 to 69.7)** | 5770 | 824 | 7.9 (7.73 to 8.14) |
| All other races/unknown¶ | 26530 | 3790 | – | 15076 | 2154 | – | 1435 | 205 | – |
| Total | 122068 | 17438 | 22.9 (19.7 to 26.0) | 143199 | 20457 | 26.8 (17.1 to 36.6) | 32912 | 4702 | 6.2 (6.10 to 6.23) |