West Virginia and the United States

A COMPARISON OF FIREARM-RELATED MORTALITY RATES

West Virginia Department of Health and Human Resources

Bureau for Public Health

Office of Epidemiology and Health Promotion

Executive Summary

I. Firearm-Related Violence

II. Firearm Possession in West Virginia

III. Trends in Firearm-Related Mortality, WV and US, 1970-1994

IV. Firearm-Related Deaths WV(1985-1994) and US (1990)

V. Firearm-Related YPLL

VI. Firearm-Related Criminal Activity in WV

References

Appendices

Health Statistics Center
Office of Epidemiology and Health Promotion
West Virginia Bureau for Public Health
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Last updated 02/07/06