Overall Firearm Deaths and Rates Per 100,000

E922, E955.0-.4, E965.0-.4, E970, E985.0-.4

 
                                                                                
 
                             All Races / Both Sexes

                                                                     
           Age           1981             1980             1979      
           Group     Deaths    Rate   Deaths    Rate   Deaths    Rate
                                                                     
           00-04        115    0.68      106    0.64      109    0.68
           05-09        123    0.77      131    0.79      157    0.93
           10-14        439    2.40      435    2.39      447    2.42
           15-19      2,938   14.30    3,108   14.76    3,044   14.25
           20-24      5,444   25.13    5,638   26.35    5,318   25.20
           25-29      5,110   25.34    5,112   26.02    4,744   24.85
           30-34      4,113   21.96    3,894   21.94    3,651   21.52
           35-39      2,892   20.13    2,912   20.69    2,730   20.08
           40-44      2,302   19.14    2,205   18.80    2,195   19.04
           45-49      2,019   18.38    1,901   17.22    2,037   18.16
           50-54      1,896   16.35    1,831   15.67    1,893   16.14
           55-59      1,800   15.58    1,647   14.12    1,738   15.18
           60-64      1,448   13.98    1,372   13.56    1,401   14.05
           65-69      1,124   12.63    1,231   13.95    1,263   14.60
           70-74        913   13.06      924   13.53      932   13.95
           75-79        684   13.80      658   13.66      698   14.87
           80-84        384   12.70      374   12.68      407   14.08
           85+          272   11.58      259   11.46      221   10.17
           Unknown       34               42               34        
           Total     34,050   14.84   33,780   14.87   33,019   14.70
           Age-Adj            14.59            14.67            14.57
 
                                                                                
 
                                        

All Races / Males Age 1981 1980 1979 Group Deaths Rate Deaths Rate Deaths Rate 00-04 69 0.80 65 0.77 65 0.79 05-09 83 1.01 95 1.12 106 1.22 10-14 334 3.57 343 3.69 358 3.80 15-19 2,466 23.61 2,631 24.56 2,564 23.62 20-24 4,581 42.19 4,821 45.00 4,472 42.35 25-29 4,287 42.66 4,354 44.54 4,007 42.25 30-34 3,437 37.08 3,256 37.10 3,073 36.65 35-39 2,376 33.65 2,372 34.28 2,229 33.39 40-44 1,863 31.63 1,799 31.34 1,774 31.45 45-49 1,600 29.92 1,526 28.45 1,609 29.54 50-54 1,553 27.84 1,477 26.33 1,534 27.28 55-59 1,459 26.80 1,369 24.88 1,407 26.02 60-64 1,212 25.22 1,118 23.87 1,154 24.99 65-69 950 24.01 1,063 27.11 1,081 28.15 70-74 811 27.65 816 28.48 816 29.08 75-79 618 32.34 605 32.63 634 34.98 80-84 362 34.56 342 33.45 368 36.56 85+ 253 36.12 238 34.70 200 29.95 Unknown 29 32 25 Total 28,343 25.42 28,322 25.67 27,476 25.18 Age-Adj 24.83 25.16 24.86

All Races / Females Age 1981 1980 1979 Group Deaths Rate Deaths Rate Deaths Rate 00-04 46 0.56 41 0.51 44 0.56 05-09 40 0.51 36 0.44 51 0.62 10-14 105 1.17 92 1.03 89 0.99 15-19 472 4.68 477 4.61 480 4.57 20-24 863 7.99 817 7.65 846 8.02 25-29 823 8.13 758 7.68 737 7.68 30-34 676 7.14 638 7.11 578 6.73 35-39 516 7.06 540 7.54 501 7.24 40-44 439 7.15 406 6.78 421 7.15 45-49 419 7.43 375 6.61 428 7.42 50-54 343 5.70 354 5.83 359 5.88 55-59 341 5.58 278 4.51 331 5.48 60-64 236 4.25 254 4.67 247 4.62 65-69 174 3.52 168 3.43 182 3.78 70-74 102 2.51 108 2.73 116 2.99 75-79 66 2.17 53 1.79 64 2.22 80-84 22 1.11 32 1.66 39 2.07 85+ 19 1.15 21 1.33 21 1.40 Unknown 5 10 9 Total 5,707 4.84 5,458 4.67 5,543 4.80 Age-Adj 4.93 4.76 4.90

White / Both Sexes Age 1981 1980 1979 Group Deaths Rate Deaths Rate Deaths Rate 00-04 70 0.51 72 0.53 65 0.49 05-09 89 0.68 95 0.70 112 0.80 10-14 327 2.17 346 2.29 358 2.34 15-19 2,100 12.32 2,240 12.74 2,195 12.26 20-24 3,720 20.31 3,807 20.99 3,599 20.05 25-29 3,406 19.86 3,300 19.68 3,088 18.86 30-34 2,780 17.28 2,617 17.08 2,422 16.43 35-39 2,085 16.76 2,095 17.14 1,930 16.28 40-44 1,739 16.73 1,634 16.08 1,618 16.15 45-49 1,546 16.17 1,464 15.18 1,536 15.63 50-54 1,562 15.27 1,466 14.19 1,503 14.43 55-59 1,493 14.49 1,377 13.20 1,415 13.80 60-64 1,234 13.24 1,157 12.71 1,190 13.27 65-69 993 12.43 1,093 13.79 1,113 14.33 70-74 832 13.16 850 13.76 834 13.78 75-79 619 13.77 617 14.12 648 15.20 80-84 357 12.83 344 12.65 383 14.35 85+ 259 12.00 243 11.69 200 10.01 Unknown 26 32 25 Total 25,237 12.83 24,849 12.73 24,234 12.51 Age-Adj 12.44 12.36 12.18

Black / Both Sexes Age 1981 1980 1979 Group Deaths Rate Deaths Rate Deaths Rate 00-04 41 1.61 33 1.33 42 1.77 05-09 32 1.32 32 1.28 40 1.60 10-14 106 3.94 84 3.14 82 3.05 15-19 774 26.04 812 27.08 781 26.16 20-24 1,620 57.81 1,736 62.94 1,610 60.15 25-29 1,630 66.73 1,714 72.91 1,580 70.84 30-34 1,261 60.78 1,228 63.91 1,170 65.92 35-39 764 50.79 784 53.15 760 54.41 40-44 528 40.61 546 43.24 553 45.13 45-49 442 38.16 420 36.61 474 41.18 50-54 312 27.53 344 30.42 372 33.48 55-59 294 27.94 265 25.31 307 29.92 60-64 206 23.18 207 23.63 199 22.90 65-69 126 16.06 135 17.24 143 18.44 70-74 77 13.26 72 12.67 94 16.97 75-79 65 16.18 40 10.22 45 11.81 80-84 26 12.42 28 13.89 24 12.35 85+ 13 7.73 16 9.97 19 12.36 Unknown 7 9 9 Total 8,324 30.68 8,505 31.84 8,304 31.85 Age-Adj 31.84 33.34 34.02

Other / Both Sexes Age 1981 1980 1979 Group Deaths Rate Deaths Rate Deaths Rate 00-04 4 0.75 1 0.21 2 0.45 05-09 2 0.40 4 0.84 5 1.10 10-14 6 1.18 5 1.09 7 1.59 15-19 64 12.20 56 11.58 68 14.70 20-24 104 18.96 95 18.91 109 22.97 25-29 74 12.87 98 18.61 76 15.65 30-34 72 12.59 49 9.61 59 13.10 35-39 43 10.26 33 8.67 40 11.63 40-44 35 10.45 25 8.24 24 8.57 45-49 31 11.56 17 6.84 27 11.42 50-54 22 9.44 21 9.69 18 8.89 55-59 13 6.58 5 2.74 16 9.39 60-64 8 5.24 8 5.84 12 9.23 65-69 5 4.06 3 2.67 7 6.53 70-74 4 4.52 2 2.47 4 5.20 75-79 0 0.00 1 1.81 5 9.53 80-84 1 3.19 2 6.82 0 0.00 85+ 0 0.00 0 0.00 2 10.07 Unknown 1 1 0 Total 489 8.58 426 8.18 481 9.90 Age-Adj 8.46 7.90 9.80

White / Males Age 1981 1980 1979 Group Deaths Rate Deaths Rate Deaths Rate 00-04 41 0.58 43 0.62 39 0.57 05-09 60 0.89 70 1.00 78 1.09 10-14 252 3.26 275 3.56 291 3.71 15-19 1,751 20.16 1,882 21.00 1,854 20.31 20-24 3,122 33.78 3,258 35.64 3,013 33.31 25-29 2,802 32.47 2,800 33.23 2,573 31.32 30-34 2,285 28.42 2,164 28.28 2,015 27.38 35-39 1,692 27.39 1,681 27.71 1,554 26.42 40-44 1,385 26.97 1,307 26.04 1,274 25.72 45-49 1,208 25.72 1,156 24.43 1,192 24.73 50-54 1,256 25.29 1,169 23.35 1,199 23.82 55-59 1,204 24.68 1,137 22.99 1,134 23.31 60-64 1,038 23.89 942 22.25 981 23.52 65-69 839 23.53 945 26.75 960 27.78 70-74 751 28.34 752 29.05 735 29.00 75-79 559 32.41 569 34.01 594 36.32 80-84 337 35.22 315 33.70 353 38.28 85+ 242 38.01 224 35.85 183 30.09 Unknown 22 25 17 Total 20,846 21.74 20,714 21.77 20,039 21.22 Age-Adj 20.88 20.96 20.54

White / Females Age 1981 1980 1979 Group Deaths Rate Deaths Rate Deaths Rate 00-04 29 0.43 29 0.44 26 0.40 05-09 29 0.45 25 0.38 34 0.50 10-14 75 1.02 71 0.96 67 0.90 15-19 349 4.18 358 4.15 341 3.88 20-24 598 6.59 549 6.10 586 6.58 25-29 604 7.09 500 5.99 515 6.31 30-34 495 6.15 453 5.91 407 5.51 35-39 393 6.27 414 6.73 376 6.29 40-44 354 6.73 327 6.36 344 6.79 45-49 338 6.95 308 6.27 344 6.87 50-54 306 5.81 297 5.58 304 5.65 55-59 289 5.33 240 4.37 281 5.21 60-64 196 3.94 215 4.41 209 4.36 65-69 154 3.48 148 3.37 153 3.55 70-74 81 2.21 98 2.73 99 2.82 75-79 60 2.16 48 1.78 54 2.06 80-84 20 1.10 29 1.63 30 1.72 85+ 17 1.12 19 1.31 17 1.22 Unknown 4 7 8 Total 4,391 4.36 4,135 4.13 4,195 4.23 Age-Adj 4.43 4.19 4.29

Black / Males Age 1981 1980 1979 Group Deaths Rate Deaths Rate Deaths Rate 00-04 26 2.03 22 1.76 25 2.09 05-09 23 1.88 23 1.83 24 1.91 10-14 80 5.91 64 4.75 61 4.51 15-19 662 44.52 699 46.66 652 43.77 20-24 1,374 102.43 1,487 112.72 1,365 106.83 25-29 1,425 124.35 1,475 134.16 1,371 131.97 30-34 1,094 114.07 1,051 118.46 1,011 124.01 35-39 651 95.13 667 99.55 642 101.87 40-44 454 76.97 473 82.75 480 86.97 45-49 366 69.90 357 68.99 393 75.84 50-54 280 55.21 292 57.80 320 64.35 55-59 244 51.65 228 48.44 259 56.02 60-64 167 42.65 169 43.66 162 42.07 65-69 106 31.80 115 34.44 115 34.65 70-74 57 23.87 62 26.27 77 33.26 75-79 59 37.43 35 22.72 36 23.78 80-84 24 31.03 26 34.45 15 20.61 85+ 11 19.80 14 26.23 15 28.99 Unknown 6 6 8 Total 7,109 55.43 7,265 57.53 7,031 57.09 Age-Adj 58.71 61.54 62.61

Black / Females Age 1981 1980 1979 Group Deaths Rate Deaths Rate Deaths Rate 00-04 15 1.19 11 0.90 17 1.44 05-09 9 0.75 9 0.73 16 1.29 10-14 26 1.95 20 1.50 21 1.57 15-19 112 7.54 113 7.53 129 8.62 20-24 246 16.84 249 17.30 245 17.52 25-29 205 15.81 239 19.10 209 17.54 30-34 167 14.97 177 17.11 159 16.57 35-39 113 13.78 117 14.53 118 15.39 40-44 74 10.42 73 10.56 73 10.84 45-49 76 11.97 63 10.01 81 12.80 50-54 32 5.11 52 8.31 52 8.47 55-59 50 8.62 37 6.42 48 8.51 60-64 39 7.85 38 7.77 37 7.65 65-69 20 4.43 20 4.46 28 6.31 70-74 20 5.85 10 3.01 17 5.27 75-79 6 2.46 5 2.11 9 3.92 80-84 2 1.51 2 1.59 9 7.41 85+ 2 1.78 2 1.87 4 3.92 Unknown 1 3 1 Total 1,215 8.49 1,240 8.80 1,273 9.25 Age-Adj 8.69 9.07 9.62

Other / Males Age 1981 1980 1979 Group Deaths Rate Deaths Rate Deaths Rate 00-04 2 0.74 0 0.00 1 0.45 05-09 0 0.00 2 0.83 4 1.74 10-14 2 0.77 4 1.70 6 2.67 15-19 53 19.44 50 20.09 58 24.44 20-24 85 30.87 76 30.29 94 39.70 25-29 60 21.92 79 31.66 63 27.40 30-34 58 21.62 41 17.24 47 22.41 35-39 33 16.51 24 13.12 33 20.12 40-44 24 14.63 19 12.77 20 14.73 45-49 26 20.45 13 11.26 24 21.86 50-54 17 16.10 16 16.29 15 16.24 55-59 11 11.99 4 4.64 14 17.28 60-64 7 9.91 7 11.07 11 17.99 65-69 5 8.69 3 5.58 6 11.45 70-74 3 6.85 2 4.86 4 10.19 75-79 0 0.00 1 3.75 4 15.82 80-84 1 7.46 1 8.15 0 0.00 85+ 0 0.00 0 0.00 2 25.61 Unknown 1 1 0 Total 388 13.92 343 13.47 406 17.11 Age-Adj 13.85 13.13 17.15

Other / Females Age 1981 1980 1979 Group Deaths Rate Deaths Rate Deaths Rate 00-04 2 0.76 1 0.42 1 0.46 05-09 2 0.81 2 0.85 1 0.45 10-14 4 1.61 1 0.45 1 0.46 15-19 11 4.36 6 2.56 10 4.44 20-24 19 6.96 19 7.56 15 6.31 25-29 14 4.65 19 6.85 13 5.09 30-34 14 4.61 8 2.94 12 4.98 35-39 10 4.56 9 4.55 7 3.89 40-44 11 6.44 6 3.88 4 2.77 45-49 5 3.55 4 3.01 3 2.37 50-54 5 3.92 5 4.22 3 2.72 55-59 2 1.89 1 1.04 2 2.24 60-64 1 1.22 1 1.36 1 1.45 65-69 0 0.00 0 0.00 1 1.83 70-74 1 2.23 0 0.00 0 0.00 75-79 0 0.00 0 0.00 1 3.68 80-84 0 0.00 1 5.86 0 0.00 85+ 0 0.00 0 0.00 0 0.00 Unknown 0 0 0 Total 101 3.47 83 3.12 75 3.02 Age-Adj 3.41 2.99 2.91


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