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
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