Mortality Table E4: Type of Firearm by Intent for Residents, 2007

Mortality Table E4. Type of Firearm by Intent for Residents, 2007

	Total			Handgun			Rifle or Shotgun			Other & Unspecified
Intent	No.	Crude Rate¹	Age-Adj Rate²	No.	Crude Rate¹	Age-Adj Rate²	No.	Crude Rate¹	Age-Adj Rate²	No.	Crude Rate¹	Age-Adj Rate²
Total	544	8.4	8.3	245	3.8	3.7	107	1.6	1.6	192	3.0	2.9
Unintentional Injury (Accident)	3	*	*	1	*	*	0	*	*	2	*	*
Self-Harm (Suicide)	410	6.3	6.2	233	3.6	3.5	94	1.4	1.4	83	1.3	1.2
Assault (Homicide)	123	1.9	1.9	11	0.2	0.2	13	0.2	0.2	99	1.5	1.5
Undetermined	2	*	*	0	*	*	0	*	*	2	*	*
Legal Intervention	6	0.1	0.1	0	*	*	0	*	*	6	0.1	0.1
¹ Rate per 100,000 population.
² Rate per 100,000 age-adjusted to U.S. 2000 population. Does not include deaths where age is unknown.
^* Rate not calculated because number of deaths was less than 5.
Note:
Source for groups is the International Classification of Diseases, Tenth Revision (ICD-10): Unintentional Injury (Accident),
(Accident) (ICD-10: W32-W34); Self-Harm (Suicide) (ICD-10: X72-X74); Assault (Homicide) (ICD-10: X93-X95);
Undetermined (ICD-10: Y22-Y24); Legal Intervention (ICD-10: Y35.0).
Rates based on fewer than 20 deaths are likely to be unstable and imprecise.

Source: Center for Health Statistics, Washington State Department of Health, 11/2008.

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