Table 9. Number of Deaths by Firearms and Cause by Age Group and Rates of Firearm-Related Fatalities in Urban and Rural Areas, Arizona, 1995

Area Age Group Unintentional Injury Suicide Homicide Legal Intervention Undetermined Total Number Rate
Urban Under 5
5-14
15-19
20-44
45-64
65+
Unknown
Total
Rate		 0
2
1
15
0
0
0
18
0.5		 0
2
28
194
79
92
1
396
11.6		 2
11
71
212
30
7
2
335
9.8		 0
0
3
8
2
0
0
13
0.4		 0
1
1
5
0
0
0
7
0.2		 2
16
104
434
111
99
3
769		 0.7
3.3
47.0
32.8
17.2
21.2
n/a
22.4
Rural Under 5
5-14
15-19
20-44
45-64
65+
Unknown
Total
Rate		 0
4
3
3
0
0
0
10
1.3		 0
5
12
83
35
40
0
175
23.2		 1
0
6
29
8
1
3
48
6.4		 0
0
1
2
1
0
0
4
0.5		 0
0
0
4
0
0
0
4
0.5		 1
9
22
121
44
41
3
241		 1.6
7.5
38.7
48.9
31.1
34.8
n/a
32.0
Total Under 5
5-14
15-19
20-44
45-64
65+
Unknown
Total
Rate		 0
6
4
18
0
0
0
28
0.7		 0
7
40
277
114
132
1
571
13.7		 3
11
77
241
38
8
5
383
9.2		 0
0
4
10
3
0
0
17
0.4		 0
1
1
9
0
0
0
11
0.3		 3
25
126
555
155
140
6
1,010		 0.9
4.1
45.3
35.4
19.5
23.9
n/a
24.1

Number of firearm-related fatalities per 100,000 population in specified group

Prior to 1990, Maricopa and Pima counties were delineated by the Census Bureau as urbanized areas in Arizona. Beginning in 1990, Yuma and Pinal counties met the criteria of the Census Bureau and were classified as urban. The remaining counties comprise Arizona's rural areas.

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