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Assault/Homicide

(Data are for U.S. for year in parentheses)

Health care use

Number of emergency department visits for assault: 1.6 million (2002)

Source: National Hospital Ambulatory Medical Care Survey: 2002 Emergency Department Summary

Mortality

All homicides

Number of deaths: 17,638 (2002)

Deaths per 100,000 population: 6.1 (2002)

Firearm homicides

Number of deaths: 11,829 (2002)

Deaths per 100,000 population: 4.1 (2002)

Source: Deaths: Final Data for 2002

More data

Deaths: Injuries, 2001

Deaths: Leading Causes for 2001

Death rates for homicide, according to sex, race, Hispanic origin, and age: selected years 1950-2001 Health, United States, 2003, table 45

Related Links

National Hospital Ambulatory Medical Care Survey

Mortality data

ICD-10 Injury Mortality Framework Documents

National Center for Injury Prevention and Control

Web-based Injury Statistics Query and Reporting System (WISQARS)

Federal Bureau of Investigation

Bureau of Justice Statistics

Injury Control Resource Information Network

This page last reviewed October 27, 2004