15-5.
Reduce nonfatal firearm-related injuries.
| | |
15-5. | |
Reduce nonfatal firearm-related injuries. |
Target: 8.6 injuries per 100,000 population.
Baseline: 24.0 nonfatal firearm-related injuries per 100,000 population occurred in 1997.
Target setting method: Better than the best.
Data source: National Electronic Injury Surveillance System (NEISS), Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC).
|
Total Population, 1997 |
Nonfatal Firearm-Related Injuries |
|
Rate per 100,000 |
|
|
TOTAL |
24.0 |
|
Race and ethnicity |
|
|
American Indian or Alaska Native |
DSU |
|
Asian or Pacific Islander |
DSU |
|
Asian |
DSU |
|
Native Hawaiian and other Pacific Islander |
DSU |
|
Black or African American |
DNA |
|
White |
DNA |
|
|
|
|
Hispanic or Latino |
39.0 |
|
Not Hispanic or Latino |
DNA |
|
Black or African American |
92.0 |
|
White |
8.7 |
Gender |
|
Female |
5.3 |
|
Male |
43.5 |
|
Education level |
|
|
Less than high school |
DNC |
|
High school graduate |
DNC |
|
At least some college |
DNC |
|
Select populations |
|
|
Males aged 15 to 24 years |
143.8 |
DNA = Data have not been analyzed. DNC = Data are not collected. DSU = Data are statistically unreliable.