Firearm-Related Fatalities, Arizona, 1986-1996

TABLE 8
NUMBER OF DEATHS BY FIREARMS AND RATEa OF FIREARM-RELATEDFATALITIES BY GENDER AND AGE GROUP, ARIZONA, 1996

.

MALE

FEMALE

TOTAL

Age Group

Number

Rate

Number

Rate

Number

Rate

Under 5

5-14

15-19

20-44

45-64

65 +

Unknown

TOTAL

2

10

104

408

121

103

2

750

1.1

2.8

63.8

48.1

29.5

37.7

NA

33.7

0

6

9

72

30

16

1

134

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1.9

6.2

8.7

6.9

4.7

NA

6.0

2

16

113

480

151

119

3

884

0.6

2.4

36.7

28.7

17.8

19.3

NA

19.8

aNumber of firearm-related fatalities per100,000 population in specified group.

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