Table 16. Number of Firearm-Related Fatalities by Gender, Age Group and Ethnicity: An Eleven Year Summary for Arizona, 1985-1995

White Hispanic Black American Indian
Total, firearm-related deaths:
Male
Female
Total		 4,663
981
5,644		 1,277
194
1,471		 384
62
446		 330
53
383
<15
15-19
20-44
45-64
65+		 105
371
2,692
1,256
1,211		 40
281
958
132
43		 21
90
279
30
25		 32
63
243
35
9

Homicide by firearms:

<15
15-19
20-44
45-64
65+		 33
87
672
206
79		 30
171
563
50
9		 12
65
203
22
14		 16
30
88
12
2

Suicide by firearms:

<15
15-19
20-44
45-64
65+		 31
247
1875
1018
1128		 8
76
337
77
33		 3
21
62
6
11		 4
29
130
21
6

Unintentional injury by firearms:

<15
15-19
20-44
45-64
65+		 34
32
64
13
3		 9
18
33
4
0		 5
2
6
0
0		 10
2
9
0
1

Injury due to legal intervention by firearms:

15-19
20-44
45-64		 5
48
11		 5
15
0		 1
7
2		 0
13
1

Total includes records with unknown age and firearm-related fatalities which are undetermined whether they were purposely or accidentally inflicted.
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