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BirthsPrenatal CareInfantsChildrenChildhood ImmunizationsAdult ImmunizationsDeathsChild DeathsTeen DeathsAlzheimer's DiseaseCancerColorectal CancerDiabetesHeart DiseaseSmokingAsthmaObesityNutritionPhysical ActivityMental HealthSexually Transmitted DiseasesOral HealthDeaths due to FirearmsFirearms and ChildrenViolent CrimeMotor Vehicle DeathsOccupational FatalitiesDeaths by SuicideDisabilityCerebrovascular DiseaseStem Cell ResearchNumber of Deaths Due to Firearms per 100,000 Population by Race/Ethnicity, 2006
| White | Black | Other | |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 8.8 | 20.1 | 4.1 |
| Alabama | 14.1 | 23.4 | NSD |
| Alaska | 15.1 | NSD | 23.1 |
| Arizona | 16.3 | 21.3 | 7.1 |
| Arkansas | 13.4 | 24.1 | NSD |
| California | 8.5 | 26.0 | 3.8 |
| Colorado | 10.4 | 10.8 | NSD |
| Connecticut | 3.4 | 15.3 | NSD |
| Delaware | 6.5 | 18.3 | NSD |
| District of Columbia | NSD | 38.9 | NSD |
| Florida | 10.0 | 15.5 | NSD |
| Georgia | 10.9 | 14.4 | 8.2 |
| Hawaii | NSD | NSD | 2.4 |
| Idaho | 12.8 | NSD | NSD |
| Illinois | 4.9 | 24.9 | NSD |
| Indiana | 9.6 | 31.5 | NSD |
| Iowa | 6.3 | NSD | NSD |
| Kansas | 9.7 | 25.3 | NSD |
| Kentucky | 12.5 | 13.3 | NSD |
| Louisiana | 14.2 | 29.5 | NSD |
| Maine | 7.4 | NSD | NSD |
| Maryland | 6.7 | 23.8 | NSD |
| Massachusetts | 2.3 | 13.1 | NSD |
| Michigan | 7.5 | 32.1 | NSD |
| Minnesota | 5.7 | 15.5 | NSD |
| Mississippi | 13.5 | 20.3 | NSD |
| Missouri | 10.0 | 33.7 | NSD |
| Montana | 12.6 | NSD | NSD |
| Nebraska | 7.4 | NSD | NSD |
| Nevada | 16.1 | 31.6 | NSD |
| New Hampshire | 6.3 | NSD | NSD |
| New Jersey | 3.4 | 18.5 | NSD |
| New Mexico | 15.4 | NSD | NSD |
| New York | 3.9 | 11.0 | NSD |
| North Carolina | 11.4 | 15.9 | 10.8 |
| North Dakota | 6.7 | NSD | NSD |
| Ohio | 7.4 | 24.1 | NSD |
| Oklahoma | 12.7 | 19.5 | 10.4 |
| Oregon | 10.1 | NSD | NSD |
| Pennsylvania | 7.9 | 32.6 | NSD |
| Rhode Island | 3.9 | NSD | NSD |
| South Carolina | 12.1 | 17.1 | NSD |
| South Dakota | 9.5 | NSD | NSD |
| Tennessee | 13.6 | 22.7 | NSD |
| Texas | 10.0 | 15.2 | 4.3 |
| Utah | 9.8 | NSD | NSD |
| Vermont | 7.8 | NSD | NSD |
| Virginia | 9.2 | 16.1 | NSD |
| Washington | 8.0 | 12.3 | 8.5 |
| West Virginia | 13.4 | NSD | NSD |
| Wisconsin | 6.2 | 23.2 | NSD |
| Wyoming | 14.9 | NSD | NSD |
| Notes: | These figures are age-adjusted to the total U.S. population in 2000. |
| Sources: | United States Department of Health and Human Services (US DHHS), Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, National Center for Health Statistics. Compressed Mortality File 1999-2006. CDC WONDER On-line Database, compiled from Compressed Mortality File 1999-2006 Series 20 No. 2L, 2009. Accessed at http://wonder.cdc.gov/cmf-icd10.html on August 13, 2009. |
| Definitions: | Causes of death attributable to firearm mortality include ICD-10 Codes W32-W34, Accidental discharge of firearm; Codes X72-X74, Intentional self-harm by firearm; X93-X95, Assault by firearm; Y22-Y24, Firearm discharge, undetermined intent; and Y35, Legal intervention involving firearm discharge. Deaths from injury by firearms exclude deaths due to explosives and other causes indirectly related to firearms. |
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