Table 1

Victims of unintentional firearm homicides identified by SHRs, 1997

No (%)
SHR victims168 (100)
SHR victims with linking death certificate record140 (83)
Underlying cause of death on linking death certificate record:
    Assault by firearm (E965.0–E965.4)105 (75)
    Accident by firearm (E922.0–E922.9, excluding E922.4)32 (23)
    Undetermined (E985.0–E985.4)3 (2)
    Total linked SHR/death certificate records140 (100)