1999 - 2001, United States
Legal Intervention Firearm Deaths and Rates per 100,000
All Races, Both Sexes, ICD-10 Codes: Y35.0
Number of Crude Age-Adjusted
Year Deaths Population*** Rate Rate**
1999 299 279,040,168 0.11 0.12
2000 270 281,421,906 0.10 0.09
2001 323 285,317,572 0.11 0.10
compared to
1999 - 2001, United States
Homicide Firearm Deaths and Rates per 100,000
All Races, Both Sexes, ICD-10 Codes: X93-X95, *U01.4
Number of Crude Age-Adjusted
Year Deaths Population*** Rate Rate**
1999 10,828 279,040,168 3.88 3.81
2000 10,801 281,421,906 3.84 3.80
2001 11,348 285,317,572 3.98 3.91