15-3.
Reduce firearm-related deaths.
| | |
15-3. | |
Reduce firearm-related deaths. |
Target: 4.1 deaths per 100,000 population.
Baseline: 11.3 deaths per 100,000 population were related to firearm injuries in 1998 (age adjusted to the year 2000 standard population).
Target setting method: Better than the best.
Data source: National Vital Statistics System (NVSS), CDC, NCHS.
|
Total Population, 1998 |
Firearm-Related Deaths |
|
Rate per 100,000 |
|
|
TOTAL |
11.3 |
|
Race and ethnicity |
|
|
American Indian or Alaska Native |
11.3 |
|
Asian or Pacific Islander |
4.2 |
|
Asian |
DNC |
|
Native Hawaiian and other Pacific Islander |
DNC |
|
Black or African American |
20.3 |
|
White |
10.0 |
|
|
|
|
Hispanic or Latino |
9.7 |
|
Cuban |
11.0 |
|
Mexican |
9.8 |
|
Puerto Rican |
8.4 |
|
Not Hispanic or Latino |
11.3 |
|
Black or African American |
21.0 |
|
White |
9.6 |
|
Gender |
|
|
Female |
3.3 |
|
Male |
20.1 |
|
Education level (aged 25 to 64 years) |
|
|
Less than high school |
21.4 |
|
High school graduate |
17.7 |
|
At least some college |
7.0 |
|
Select firearm-related deaths |
|
|
Homicides |
4.3 |
|
Suicides |
6.5 |
|
Unintentional deaths |
0.5 |
DNA =
Data have not been analyzed. DNC = Data are not collected. DSU = Data are
statistically unreliable.
Note: Age adjusted to the year 2000 standard population.