QuickStats: Rates of Firearm-Related Deaths Among Persons Aged ≥15 Years, by Selected Intent and Age Group — National Vital Statistics System (U.S.), United States, 2019

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• Alternative Title:
  Rates of Firearm-Related Deaths Among Persons Aged ≥15 Years, by Selected Intent and Age Group — National Vital Statistics System (U.S.), United States, 2019
• Journal Article:
  Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report (MMWR)
• Personal Author:
  Hedegaard, Holly ; Garnett, Matthew F.
• Corporate Authors:
  National Center for Health Statistics (U.S.)
• Description:
  Among persons aged ≥15 years, for all firearm-related deaths (all intents), rates were highest among those aged 15–24 years (17.4 per 100,000). For deaths involving firearm-related suicides, rates increased with age, from 6.6 among persons aged 15–24 years to 11.8 among those aged ≥65 years. A different pattern was found for firearm-related homicides, in which rates decreased with age, from 10.2 among those aged 15–24 years to 0.9 among those aged ≥65 years.
  
  Source: National Center for Health Statistics, National Vital Statistics System (U.S.), Mortality Data, 2019. https://www.cdc.gov/nchs/nvss/deaths.htm Reported by: Holly Hedegaard, MD; Matthew F. Garnett, MPH.
  
  
• Subjects:
  Disease Notification Epidemiology Public Health Public Health Surveillance
• Source:
  MMWR Morb Mortal Wkly Rep. 70(10):365
• Series:
  Weekly Report: Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report (MMWR)
• ISSN:
  0149-2195 (print) ; 1545-861X (digital)
• Document Type:
  Charts, Diagrams, Etc.
• Genre:
  QuickStats ; Statistics
• Place as Subject:
  United States
• Pages in Document:
  1 pdf page
• Volume:
  70
• Issue:
  10
• Collection(s):
  National Center for Health Statistics Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report (MMWR)
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