List of countries by firearm-related death rate
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This is a historical list of countries by firearm-related death-rate per 100,000 population in one year.
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[edit] List of countries
| Country | Total firearm-related death rate | Homicides | Suicides | Unintentional deaths | Year | Sources and notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 South Africa |
74.57 | 74.57 | NA | NA | 2000 | UNODC 2000[1] |
 Colombia |
51.77 | 51.77 | NA | NA | 2000 | UNODC 2000[1] |
 El Salvador |
50.36 | 50.36 | NA | NA | 2009 | OAS 2011[2] |
 Jamaica |
47.44 | 47.44 | NA | NA | 2009 | OAS 2011[2] |
 Honduras |
46.70 | 46.70 | NA | NA | 2007 | OAS 2011[2] |
 Guatemala |
38.52 | 38.52 | NA | NA | 2009 | OAS 2011[2] |
 Swaziland |
37.16 | 37.16 | NA | NA | 2004 | UNODC 2006[2] |
 Thailand |
33.00 | 33.00 | NA | NA | 2000 | UNODC 2004[2] |
 Brazil |
14.15 | 10.58 | 0.73 | 0.28 | 1993 | Krug 1998[3] |
 Estonia |
12.74 | 8.07 | 3.13 | 0.93 | 1994 | Krug 1998[3] |
 Panama |
12.92 | 12.92 | NA | NA | 2010 | OAS 2011[2] |
 Mexico |
12.07 | 9.88 | 0.91 | 1.27 | 1994 | Krug 1998[3] |
 United States |
10.27 | 4.14 | 5.71 | 0.23 | 2004-2006 | CDC[4] |
 Philippines |
9.46 | 9.46 | NA | NA | 2002 | UNODC 2002[5] |
 Argentina |
9.19 | 2.11 | 3.05 | 0.32 | 1994 | Krug 1998[3] |
 Paraguay |
7.35 | 7.35 | NA | NA | 2000 | UNODC 2000[1] |
 Nicaragua |
7.14 | 7.14 | NA | NA | 2007 | OAS 2011[2] |
 Finland |
6.86 | 0.86 | 5.78 | 0.12 | 1994 | Krug 1998[3] |
| Northern Ireland | 6.82 | 5.24 | 1.34 | 0.12 | 1994 | Krug 1998[3] |
 Switzerland |
6.4 | 0.58 | 5.61 | 0.13 | 1994 | Krug 1998[3] |
 France |
6.35 | 0.44 | 5.14 | 0.11 | 1994 | Krug 1998[3] |
 Canada |
4.78 | 0.76 | 3.72 | 0.22 | 1992 | Krug 1998[3] |
 Zimbabwe |
4.75 | 4.75 | NA | NA | 2000 | UNODC 2000[1] |
 Austria |
4.56 | 0.42 | 4.06 | 0.05 | 1994 | Krug 1998[3] |
 Norway |
4.39 | 0.3 | 3.95 | 0.12 | 1993 | Krug 1998[3] |
 Portugal |
3.72 | 1.28 | 1.28 | 0.21 | 1994 | Krug 1998[3] |
 Belgium |
3.48 | 0.6 | 2.56 | 0.06 | 1990 | Krug 1998[3] |
 Costa Rica |
3.32 | 3.32 | NA | NA | 2002 | UNODC 2002[5] |
 Uruguay |
3.24 | 3.24 | NA | NA | 2002 | UNODC 2002[5] |
 Slovenia |
3.07 | 0.35 | 2.51 | 0.2 | 1994 | Krug 1998[3] |
 Barbados |
3 | 3 | NA | NA | 2000 | UNODC 2000[1] |
 Israel |
3 | 0.72 | 1.84 | 0.13 | 1993 | Krug 1998[3] |
 Italy |
2.95 | 1.66 | 1.11 | 0.11 | 1992 | Krug 1998[3] |
 Australia |
2.94 | 0.44 | 2.35 | 0.11 | 1994 | Krug 1998[3] |
 New Zealand |
2.66 | 0.17 | 2.14 | 0.09 | 1993 | Krug 1998[3] |
 Denmark |
2.6 | 0.23 | 2.25 | 0.04 | 1993 | Krug 1998[3] |
 Sweden |
2.36 | 0.18 | 2.09 | 0.03 | 1993 | Krug 1998[3] |
 Slovakia |
2.17 | 2.17 | NA | NA | 2000 | UNODC 2000[1] |
 Peru |
1.87 | 1.87 | NA | NA | 2009 | OAS 2011[2] |
 Czech Republic |
1.77 | 1.77 | NA | NA | 2002 | UNODC 2002[5] |
 Germany |
1.57 | 0.22 | 1.17 | 0.04 | 1994 | Krug 1998[3] |
 Greece |
1.5 | 0.59 | 0.84 | 0.04 | 1994 | Krug 1998[3] |
 Azerbaijan |
1.47 | 1.47 | NA | NA | 2002 | UNODC 2002[5] |
 Republic of Macedonia |
1.28 | 1.28 | NA | NA | 2000 | UNODC 2000[1] |
 Kuwait |
1.25 | 0.36 | 0.06 | 0 | 1995 | Krug 1998[3] |
 Hungary |
1.21 | 0.23 | 0.88 | 0.09 | 1994 | Krug 1998[3] |
 Ireland |
1.21 | 0.03 | 0.94 | 0.11 | 1991 | Krug 1998[3] |
 Latvia |
1.2 | 1.2 | NA | NA | 2002 | UNODC 2002[5] |
 India |
0.93 | 0.93 | NA | NA | 2000 | UNODC 2000[1] |
 Spain |
0.9 | 0.21 | 0.43 | 0.25 | 1993 | Krug 1998[3] |
 Bulgaria |
0.77 | 0.77 | NA | NA | 2000 | UNODC 2000[1] |
 Netherlands |
0.7 | 0.36 | 0.31 | 0.01 | 1994 | Krug 1998[3] |
 Scotland |
0.58 | 0.19 | 0.33 | 0.02 | 1994 | Krug 1998[3] |
 Moldova |
0.47 | 0.47 | NA | NA | 2002 | UNODC 2002[5] |
 Lithuania |
0.46 | 0.46 | NA | NA | 2002 | UNODC 2002[5] |
 Taiwan |
0.42 | 0.15 | 0.12 | 0.11 | 1994 | Krug 1998[3] |
 Belarus |
0.38 | 0.38 | NA | NA | 2002 | UNODC 2002[5] |
 Ukraine |
0.35 | 0.35 | NA | NA | 2000 | UNODC 2000[1] |
 Poland |
0.29 | 0.29 | NA | NA | 2002 | UNODC 2002[5] |
 England/ Wales |
0.46[3] 0.38 | 0.07[3] 0.15 | 0.33[3] 0.2 | 0.01[3] 0.03 | ||
 Singapore |
0.24 | 0.07 | 0.17 | 0 | 1994 | Krug 1998[3] |
 Hong Kong |
0.19 | 0.12 | 0.07 | 0 | 1993 | Krug 1998[3] |
 Mauritius |
0.19 | 0 | 0.09 | 0.09 | 1993 | Krug 1998[3] |
 Qatar |
0.18 | 0.18 | NA | NA | 2000 | UNODC 2000[1] |
 South Korea |
0.13 | 0.04 | 0.02 | 0.05 | 1994 | Krug 1998[3] |
 Japan |
0.07 | 0.02 | 0.04 | 0 | 1994 | Krug 1998[3] |
 Chile |
0.06 | 0.06 | NA | NA | 2002 | UNODC 2002[5] |
[edit] Sources
- (Krug 1998) EG Krug, KE Powell and LL Dahlberg. "Firearm-related deaths in the United States and 35 other high- and upper-middle-income countries.", International Journal of Epidemiology 1998. [3] Statistics among 36 countries between 1990 and 1995.
- (UNODC 2002)The Eighth United Nations Survey on Crime Trends and the Operations of Criminal Justice Systems (2001 - 2002). United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime 2005.[5] This report provides more updated information on homicide by firearms, but not on suicide by firearms.
- (UNODC 2000)The Seventh United Nations Survey on Crime Trends and the Operations of Criminal Justice Systems (1998 - 2000). United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime 2002.[1] This report provides more updated information on homicide by firearms, but not on suicide by firearms.
- (Barrow 2000) Greg Barrow. "SA gun deaths rise", BBC, 2000-02-15.[6]
- (Kaiser 2004) Deaths Due to Injury by Firearms per 100,000 Population, 2004. StateHealthFacts.org, 2008-04-08 [7]
- (GunCite 2008) International Homicide Comparisons. GunCite.com, 2008-04-08 [8]
- (CDC 2012) Fatal Injury Mapping (2004-2006). CDC.gov, 2012-02-05 [4]
- (GunPolicy 2012) Global Impacts of Gun Violence. GumPolicy.org, 2012-02-10 [2]
The figures are based mainly on surveys and reports by government agencies and subject to their reliability. In addition, the figures may vary significantly over the years due to changes in crime rate trend. The death rate is also sensitive to fluctuation if the absolute number of incidents is small and for countries with relatively small population such as Mauritius and Singapore
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[edit] References
- ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l "The Seventh United Nations Survey on Crime Trends and the Operations of Criminal Justice Systems (1998 - 2000)". United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC). Archived from the original on 2006-11-04. http://web.archive.org/web/20061104194222/http://www.unodc.org/unodc/crime_cicp_survey_seventh.html. Retrieved 2006-11-08.
- ^ a b c d e f g h i j "Global Impacts of Gun Violence". gunpolicy.org. 2012-02-10. http://www.gunpolicy.org/firearms/region/.
- ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s t u v w x y z aa ab ac ad ae af ag ah ai aj ak al am EG Krug, KE Powell and LL Dahlberg. "Firearm-related deaths in the United States and 35 other high- and upper-middle-income countries.". International Journal of Epidemiology 1998:27:214-221. http://ije.oxfordjournals.org/cgi/reprint/27/2/214.pdf.
- ^ a b "Fatal Injury Mapping". CDC.gov. 2012-02-05. http://wisqars.cdc.gov:8080/cdcMapFramework/mapModuleInterface.jsp.
- ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l "The Eighth United Nations Survey on Crime Trends and the Operations of Criminal Justice Systems (2001 - 2002)". United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC). http://www.unodc.org/unodc/en/data-and-analysis/Eighth-United-Nations-Survey-on-Crime-Trends-and-the-Operations-of-Criminal-Justice-Systems.html. Retrieved 2008-05-09.
- ^ Greg Barrow (2000-02-15). "SA gun deaths rise". BBC. http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/africa/644224.stm.
- ^ Kaiser Family Foundation / statehealthfacts.org "Deaths Due to Injury by Firearms per 100,000 Population". StateHealthFacts.org. 2008-04-08. http://www.statehealthfacts.org/comparemaptable.jsp?ind=113&cat=2.
- ^ "International Homicide Comparisons". GunCite.com. 2008-04-08. http://www.guncite.com/gun_control_gcgvinco.html.
