2001, United States
Firearm Deaths and Rates per 100,000
All Races,
Both Sexes,
ICD-10 Codes: W32-W34,X72-X74,X93-X95,Y22-Y24, Y35.0,*U01.4
Number of Crude
Age Group Race Deaths Population Rate
00-04 White 51 15,083,527 0.34
Black 25 3,157,510 0.79
Am Indian/AK Native 5* 252,218 1.98*
Asian/Pac Islander 0* 870,300 0.00*
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81 19,363,555 0.42
05-09 White 61 15,685,101 0.39
Black 16* 3,376,623 0.47*
Am Indian/AK Native 2* 283,614 0.71*
Asian/Pac Islander 0* 862,786 0.00*
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79 20,208,124 0.39
10-14 White 180 16,298,488 1.10
Black 64 3,441,697 1.86
Am Indian/AK Native 5* 304,100 1.64*
Asian/Pac Islander 5* 866,155 0.58*
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254 20,910,440 1.21
15-19 White 1,418 15,960,676 8.88
Black 1,033 3,134,488 32.96
Am Indian/AK Native 38 288,873 13.15
Asian/Pac Islander 34 887,275 3.83
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2,523 20,271,312 12.45
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Total 2,937 80,753,431 3.64
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10 Leading Causes of Death,
2001, All Races, Both Sexes
Age
Group Rank Deaths Cause of Death
1-19
1 11,196 Unintentional Injury
2 2,640 Homicide
3 2,160 Malignant Neoplasms
4 1,890 Suicide
5 1,188 Congenital Anomalies
6 844 Heart Disease
7 270 Influenza & Pneumonia
8 234 Septicemia
9 221 Chronic Low. Respiratory Disease
10 210 Benign Neoplasms
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2001 United States
Unintentional Injuries
Ages 1-19, All Races, Both Sexes
Total Deaths: 11,196
Cause of Death Number of Deaths
MV Traffic 7,208
Drowning 1,113
Fire/burn 558
Poisoning 487
Suffocation 315
Other Land Transport 269
Pedestrian, Other 211
Fall 186
Firearm 182
Other Transport 137
Unspecified 120
Other Spec., classifiable 104
Struck by or Against 99
Natural/ Environment 93
Machinery 38
Pedal cyclist, Other 35
Other Spec., NECN 34
Cut/pierce 7
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Total 11,196