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WHO. 2016 ‘Inter-country Comparison of Mortality for Selected Cause of Death - Gun Homicide in Lithuania.’ European Detailed Mortality Database (DMDB). Copenhagen: World Health Organisation Regional Office for Europe. 8 July
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ICD-10 Code:1 Diagnosis - Number of deaths (Crude death rate per 100,000 population) - % of all deaths
2014 population: 2,932,367
Total Gun Homicide: 8
Crude death rate per 100,000 population: 0.2728
X93: Assault by handgun discharge - 1 (0.0341) - 0.0025%
X95: Assault by other and unspecified firearm discharge - 7 (0.2387) - 0.0174%
2013 population: 2,957,689
Total Gun Homicide: 8
Crude death rate per 100,000 population: 0.2705
X93: Assault by handgun discharge - 3 (0.1014) - 0.0072%
X95: Assault by other and unspecified firearm discharge - 5 (0.1691) - 0.012%
2012 population: 2,987,773
Total Gun Homicide: 3
Crude death rate per 100,000 population: 0.1004
X95: Assault by other and unspecified firearm discharge - 3 (0.1004) - 0.0073%
2011 population: 3,028,115
Total Gun Homicide: 7
Crude death rate per 100,000 population: 0.2312
X93: Assault by handgun discharge - 3 (0.0991) - 0.0073%
X95: Assault by other and unspecified firearm discharge - 4 (0.1321) - 0.0097%
2010 population: 3,097,282
Total Gun Homicide: 8
Crude death rate per 100,000 population: 0.2583
X93: Assault by handgun discharge - 5 (0.1614) - 0.0119%
X94: Assault by rifle, shotgun and larger firearm discharge - 2 (0.0646) - 0.0047%
X95: Assault by other and unspecified firearm discharge - 1 (0.0323) - 0.0024%
2009 population: 3,162,916
Total Gun Homicide: 14
Crude death rate per 100,000 population: 0.4426
X93: Assault by handgun discharge - 7 (0.2213) - 0.0167%
X94: Assault by rifle, shotgun and larger firearm discharge - 3 (0.0948) - 0.0071%
X95: Assault by other and unspecified firearm discharge - 4 (0.1265) - 0.0095%
2008 population: 3,198,231
Total Gun Homicide: 12
Crude death rate per 100,000 population: 0.3752
X93: Assault by handgun discharge - 4 (0.1251) - 0.0091%
X94: Assault by rifle, shotgun and larger firearm discharge - 5 (0.1563) - 0.0114%
X95: Assault by other and unspecified firearm discharge - 3 (0.0938) - 0.0068%
2007 population: 3,231,294
Total Gun Homicide: 12
Crude death rate per 100,000 population: 0.3714
X93: Assault by handgun discharge - 3 (0.0928) - 0.0066%
X94: Assault by rifle, shotgun and larger firearm discharge - 5 (0.1547) - 0.011%
X95: Assault by other and unspecified firearm discharge - 4 (0.1238) - 0.0088%
2006 population: 3,269,909
Total Gun Homicide: 13
Crude death rate per 100,000 population: 0.3976
X93: Assault by handgun discharge - 2 (0.0612) - 0.0045%
X94: Assault by rifle, shotgun and larger firearm discharge - 5 (0.1529) - 0.0112%
X95: Assault by other and unspecified firearm discharge - 6 (0.1835) - 0.0134%
2005 population: 3,322,528
Total Gun Homicide: 14
Crude death rate per 100,000 population: 0.4214
X93: Assault by handgun discharge - 2 (0.0602) - 0.0046%
X94: Assault by rifle, shotgun and larger firearm discharge - 5 (0.1505) - 0.0114%
X95: Assault by other and unspecified firearm discharge - 7 (0.2107) - 0.016%
2004 population: 3,377,075
Total Gun Homicide: 19
Crude death rate per 100,000 population: 0.5626
X93: Assault by handgun discharge - 5 (0.1481) - 0.0121%
X94: Assault by rifle, shotgun and larger firearm discharge - 6 (0.1777) - 0.0145%
X95: Assault by other and unspecified firearm discharge - 8 (0.2369) - 0.0194%
2003 population: 3,415,213
Total Gun Homicide: 20
Crude death rate per 100,000 population: 0.5856
X93: Assault by handgun discharge - 6 (0.1757) - 0.0146%
X94: Assault by rifle, shotgun and larger firearm discharge - 6 (0.1757) - 0.0146%
X95: Assault by other and unspecified firearm discharge - 8 (0.2342) - 0.0195%
2002 population: 3,443,067
Total Gun Homicide: 18
Crude death rate per 100,000 population: 0.5228
X93: Assault by handgun discharge - 9 (0.2614) - 0.0219%
X94: Assault by rifle, shotgun and larger firearm discharge - 4 (0.1162) - 0.0097%
X95: Assault by other and unspecified firearm discharge - 5 (0.1452) - 0.0122%
2001 population: 3,470,818
Total Gun Homicide: 29
Crude death rate per 100,000 population: 0.8355
X93: Assault by handgun discharge - 11 (0.3169) - 0.0272%
X94: Assault by rifle, shotgun and larger firearm discharge - 7 (0.2017) - 0.0173%
X95: Assault by other and unspecified firearm discharge - 11 (0.3169) - 0.0272%
2000 population: 3,499,536
Total Gun Homicide: 51
Crude death rate per 100,000 population: 1.4573
X93: Assault by handgun discharge - 16 (0.4572) - 0.0411%
X94: Assault by rifle, shotgun and larger firearm discharge - 11 (0.3143) - 0.0283%
X95: Assault by other and unspecified firearm discharge - 24 (0.6858) - 0.0617%
1999 population: 3,524,238
Total Gun Homicide: 18
Crude death rate per 100,000 population: 0.5107
X93: Assault by handgun discharge - 6 (0.1702) - 0.015%
X94: Assault by rifle, shotgun and larger firearm discharge - 3 (0.0851) - 0.0075%
X95: Assault by other and unspecified firearm discharge - 9 (0.2554) - 0.0225%
1998 population: 3,549,332
Total Gun Homicide: 52
Crude death rate per 100,000 population: 1.4651
X93: Assault by handgun discharge - 14 (0.3944) - 0.0343%
X94: Assault by rifle, shotgun and larger firearm discharge - 9 (0.2536) - 0.0221%
X95: Assault by other and unspecified firearm discharge - 29 (0.8171) - 0.0712%
[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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