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Tables extracted from the West Virginia 1998 Vital Statistics Report

Types of Firearm Injury Deaths by Age Group and Gender

West Virginia Residents, 1998

Table 33

Age in Years Total
0-9 10-14 15-19 20-24 25-34 35-44 45-54 55-64 65-74 75+
Total
Unintentional 0 1 0 1 0 0 1 1 0 1 5
Suicide 0 0 12 16 19 30 31 18 14 21 161
Homicide 0 2 3 10 13 17 7 1 5 2 60
Legal Intervention 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 3
Undetermined 0 0 1 1 1 0 1 1 1 0 6
Total 0 3 16 28 33 50 40 21 20 24 235
Male
Unintentional 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 1 4
Suicide 0 0 10 15 15 24 28 18 14 18 142
Homicide 0 1 2 6 9 13 5 1 2 1 40
Legal Intervention 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 3
Undetermined 0 0 1 0 1 0 1 1 1 0 5
Total 0 2 13 22 25 40 34 21 17 20 194
Female
Unintentional 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1
Suicide 0 0 2 1 4 6 3 0 0 3 19
Homicide 0 1 1 4 4 4 2 0 3 1 20
Legal Intervention 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Undetermined 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
Total 0 1 3 6 8 10 6 0 3 4 41


West Virginia Bureau for Public Health
Health Statistics Center, 2000
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Last updated March 23, 2000.