CJ
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After reading some various sites with some hysterical claims about firearms, I decided to see what I could dig up of my own information. I wanted easily locatable facts that I could point people to when they make standard media-type claims. I discovered the CDC stats from 2000 at http://www.cdc.gov/nchs/data/nvsr/nvsr50/nvsr50_15.pdf
I summarized and compiled what they said (some of their percentages and actual numbers, filled in by me from another chart in the report) don't quite match, but it's fairly close.
Firearm mortality
In 2000 a total of 28,663 persons died from firearm injuries in the United States(tables18 and 19). Firearm suicide and homicide, the two major component causes, accounted for 57.9 (16,586) and 37.7 (10,801)per-cent, respectively, of all firearm injury deaths in 2000. The other components—firearm accidents, firearm injuries of undetermined intent, and legal intervention involving firearms—accounted for 2.7 (776), 0.8 (230), and 0.9 (270) percent, respectively. Among those aged 19 years and under, the number of firearm deaths was 10.1 percent lower than in 1999. Despite the decrease, in 2000 those aged 19 years and under accounted for 10.6 (3038) percent of all firearm deaths.
Leading causes of death (overall number)(number involving firearms):
Accidents #5 (97,900) (776 by firearm)
Suicide #11 (29,350) (16,586 by firearm)
Assault #14 (16,765) (10,801 by firearm)
So, if I'm reading this right, of 29,350 people committing suicide, some 56.5% of them used firearms.
Unfortunately, of 16,765 assaults leading to death, 64.4% involved a firearm. Not as high as grabbers would want you to believe, but still disgustingly high.
What I could not determine was how some items were categorized. Does "legal intervention involving firearms" mean some law agency was involved, or is shooting a rapist within these bounds as well?
Overall some interesting stats, and with the suicide stats removed, the numbers change pretty drastically and firearms become the 5th injury-related cause of death instead of the second (the new order would be vehicles, suicide, falls, unintentional poison, then firearms).
So...it looks like to REALLY have an impact, we need better counselors, requirements for padding around all high locations, and better poison education.
Any thoughts?
I summarized and compiled what they said (some of their percentages and actual numbers, filled in by me from another chart in the report) don't quite match, but it's fairly close.
Firearm mortality
In 2000 a total of 28,663 persons died from firearm injuries in the United States(tables18 and 19). Firearm suicide and homicide, the two major component causes, accounted for 57.9 (16,586) and 37.7 (10,801)per-cent, respectively, of all firearm injury deaths in 2000. The other components—firearm accidents, firearm injuries of undetermined intent, and legal intervention involving firearms—accounted for 2.7 (776), 0.8 (230), and 0.9 (270) percent, respectively. Among those aged 19 years and under, the number of firearm deaths was 10.1 percent lower than in 1999. Despite the decrease, in 2000 those aged 19 years and under accounted for 10.6 (3038) percent of all firearm deaths.
Leading causes of death (overall number)(number involving firearms):
Accidents #5 (97,900) (776 by firearm)
Suicide #11 (29,350) (16,586 by firearm)
Assault #14 (16,765) (10,801 by firearm)
So, if I'm reading this right, of 29,350 people committing suicide, some 56.5% of them used firearms.
Unfortunately, of 16,765 assaults leading to death, 64.4% involved a firearm. Not as high as grabbers would want you to believe, but still disgustingly high.
What I could not determine was how some items were categorized. Does "legal intervention involving firearms" mean some law agency was involved, or is shooting a rapist within these bounds as well?
Overall some interesting stats, and with the suicide stats removed, the numbers change pretty drastically and firearms become the 5th injury-related cause of death instead of the second (the new order would be vehicles, suicide, falls, unintentional poison, then firearms).
So...it looks like to REALLY have an impact, we need better counselors, requirements for padding around all high locations, and better poison education.
Any thoughts?