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WHO. 2016 ‘Inter-country Comparison of Mortality for Selected Cause of Death - Gun Homicide in Poland.’ European Detailed Mortality Database (DMDB). Copenhagen: World Health Organisation Regional Office for Europe. 27 July
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ICD-10 Code1: Diagnosis - Number of deaths (Crude death rate per 100,000 population) - % of all deaths
2014 population: 38,006,154
Total Gun Homicide: 21
Crude death rate per 100,000 population: 0.0553
X93: Assault by handgun discharge - 2 (0.0053) - 0.0005%
X95: Assault by other and unspecified firearm discharge - 19 (0.05) - 0.005%
2013 population: 38,502,396
Total Gun Homicide: 25
Crude death rate per 100,000 population: 0.0649
X93: Assault by handgun discharge - 8 (0.0208) - 0.0021%
X94: Assault by rifle, shotgun and larger firearm discharge - 2 (0.0052) - 0.0005%
X95: Assault by other and unspecified firearm discharge - 15 (0.039) - 0.0039%
2012 population: 38,533,789
Total Gun Homicide: 20
Crude death rate per 100,000 population: 0.0519
X93: Assault by handgun discharge - 5 (0.013) - 0.0013%
X94: Assault by rifle, shotgun and larger firearm discharge - 3 (0.0078) - 0.0008%
X95: Assault by other and unspecified firearm discharge - 12 (0.0311) - 0.0031%
2011 population: 38,525,670
Total Gun Homicide: 16
Crude death rate per 100,000 population: 0.0415
X93: Assault by handgun discharge - 3 (0.0078) - 0.0008%
X94: Assault by rifle, shotgun and larger firearm discharge - 1 (0.0026) - 0.0003%
X95: Assault by other and unspecified firearm discharge - 12 (0.0311) - 0.0032%
2010 population: 38,186,860
Total Gun Homicide: 9
Crude death rate per 100,000 population: 0.0235
X94: Assault by rifle, shotgun and larger firearm discharge - 1 (0.0026) - 0.0003%
X95: Assault by other and unspecified firearm discharge - 8 (0.0209) - 0.0021%
2009 population: 38,153,389
Total Gun Homicide: 15
Crude death rate per 100,000 population: 0.0393
X93: Assault by handgun discharge - 1 (0.0026) - 0.0003%
X94: Assault by rifle, shotgun and larger firearm discharge - 3 (0.0079) - 0.0008%
X95: Assault by other and unspecified firearm discharge - 11 (0.0288) - 0.0029%
2008 population: 38,115,909
Total Gun Homicide: 19
Crude death rate per 100,000 population: 0.0498
X93: Assault by handgun discharge - 6 (0.0157) - 0.0016%
X95: Assault by other and unspecified firearm discharge - 13 (0.0341) - 0.0034%
2007 population: 38,115,967
Total Gun Homicide: 34
Crude death rate per 100,000 population: 0.0892
X93: Assault by handgun discharge - 5 (0.0131) - 0.0013%
X94: Assault by rifle, shotgun and larger firearm discharge - 4 (0.0105) - 0.0011%
X95: Assault by other and unspecified firearm discharge - 25 (0.0656) - 0.0066%
2006 population: 38,132,277
Total Gun Homicide: 25
Crude death rate per 100,000 population: 0.0655
X93: Assault by handgun discharge - 4 (0.0105) - 0.0011%
X94: Assault by rifle, shotgun and larger firearm discharge - 2 (0.0052) - 0.0005%
X95: Assault by other and unspecified firearm discharge - 19 (0.0498) - 0.0051%
2005 population: 38,161,313
Total Gun Homicide: 24
Crude death rate per 100,000 population: 0.0629
X93: Assault by handgun discharge - 4 (0.0105) - 0.0011%
X94: Assault by rifle, shotgun and larger firearm discharge - 2 (0.0052) - 0.0005%
X95: Assault by other and unspecified firearm discharge - 18 (0.0472) - 0.0049%
2004 population: 38,180,249
Total Gun Homicide: 26
Crude death rate per 100,000 population: 0.0681
X93: Assault by handgun discharge - 2 (0.0052) - 0.0006%
X95: Assault by other and unspecified firearm discharge - 24 (0.0629) - 0.0066%
2003 population: 38,195,177
Total Gun Homicide: 47
Crude death rate per 100,000 population: 0.1231
X93: Assault by handgun discharge - 3 (0.0079) - 0.0008%
X94: Assault by rifle, shotgun and larger firearm discharge - 4 (0.0105) - 0.0011%
X95: Assault by other and unspecified firearm discharge - 40 (0.1047) - 0.011%
2002 population: 38,232,301
Total Gun Homicide: 74
Crude death rate per 100,000 population: 0.1936
X93: Assault by handgun discharge - 12 (0.0314) - 0.0033%
X94: Assault by rifle, shotgun and larger firearm discharge - 1 (0.0026) - 0.0003%
X95: Assault by other and unspecified firearm discharge - 61 (0.1596) - 0.017%
2001 population: 38,250,790
Total Gun Homicide: 58
Crude death rate per 100,000 population: 0.1516
X93: Assault by handgun discharge - 5 (0.0131) - 0.0014%
X94: Assault by rifle, shotgun and larger firearm discharge - 3 (0.0078) - 0.0008%
X95: Assault by other and unspecified firearm discharge - 50 (0.1307) - 0.0138%
2000 population: 38,255,945
Total Gun Homicide: 79
Crude death rate per 100,000 population: 0.2066
X93: Assault by handgun discharge - 11 (0.0288) - 0.003%
X94: Assault by rifle, shotgun and larger firearm discharge - 6 (0.0157) - 0.0016%
X95: Assault by other and unspecified firearm discharge - 62 (0.1621) - 0.0168%
1999 population: 38,653,600
Total Gun Homicide: 79
Crude death rate per 100,000 population: 0.2044
X93: Assault by handgun discharge - 21 (0.0543) - 0.0055%
X94: Assault by rifle, shotgun and larger firearm discharge - 1 (0.0026) - 0.0003%
X95: Assault by other and unspecified firearm discharge - 57 (0.1475) - 0.0149%
[Editor's note: Each year, countries submit their cause of death and population data to WHO. Unless an error is detected, a number of deaths is unlikely to change after processing. However, as WHO reviews its data in the wake of each national census, minor changes can be made to calculated death rates. These could account for any differences which might appear following the date on which a death rate was originally posted.]
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