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Types of Firearm Injury Deaths by Age Group and Gender

West Virginia Residents, 1996

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 1 1 0 1 1 1 1 0 0 0 6
Suicide 0 0 9 18 27 38 24 32 33 25 206
Homicide 1 0 5 8 13 11 12 2 0 1 53
Legal Intervention 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 2
Undetermined 0 0 0 2 1 2 1 1 0 0 7
Total 2 1 14 29 42 53 38 36 33 26 274
Male
Unintentional 1 1 0 1 1 1 1 0 0 0 6
Suicide 0 0 7 17 23 28 21 26 30 24 176
Homicide 0 0 5 6 10 9 10 2 0 0 42
Legal Intervention 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1
Undetermined 0 0 0 1 1 2 1 1 0 0 6
Total 1 1 12 25 35 40 33 30 30 24 231
Female
Unintentional 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Suicide 0 0 2 1 4 10 3 6 3 1 30
Homicide 1 0 0 2 3 2 2 0 0 1 11
Legal Intervention 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1
Undetermined 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
Total 1 0 2 4 7 13 5 6 3 2 43


West Virginia Bureau for Public Health
Health Statistics Center, 1998


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West Virginia Bureau for Public Health
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Last updated February 2, 1998.