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WHO. 2016 ‘Inter-country Comparison of Mortality for Selected Cause of Death - Gun Homicide in Serbia.’ European Detailed Mortality Database (DMDB). Copenhagen: World Health Organisation Regional Office for Europe. 1 July
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ICD-10 Code1: Diagnosis - Number of deaths (Crude death rate per 100,000 population) - % of all deaths
2014 population: 7,131,787
Total Gun Homicide: 51
Crude death rate per 100,000 population: 0.7151
X93: Assault by handgun discharge - 26 (0.3646) - 0.0257%
X94: Assault by rifle, shotgun and larger firearm discharge - 8 (0.1122) - 0.0079%
X95: Assault by other and unspecified firearm discharge - 17 (0.2384) - 0.0168%
2013 population: 7,164,132
Total Gun Homicide: 75
Crude death rate per 100,000 population: 1.0469
X93: Assault by handgun discharge - 52 (0.7258) - 0.0518%
X94: Assault by rifle, shotgun and larger firearm discharge - 8 (0.1117) - 0.008%
X95: Assault by other and unspecified firearm discharge - 15 (0.2094) - 0.015%
2012 population: 7,199,076
Total Gun Homicide: 44
Crude death rate per 100,000 population: 0.6112
X93: Assault by handgun discharge - 21 (0.2917) - 0.0205%
X94: Assault by rifle, shotgun and larger firearm discharge - 5 (0.0695) - 0.0049%
X95: Assault by other and unspecified firearm discharge - 18 (0.25) - 0.0176%
2011 population: 7,258,753
Total Gun Homicide: 49
Crude death rate per 100,000 population: 0.6751
X93: Assault by handgun discharge - 26 (0.3582) - 0.0253%
X94: Assault by rifle, shotgun and larger firearm discharge - 9 (0.124) - 0.0087%
X95: Assault by other and unspecified firearm discharge - 14 (0.1929) - 0.0136%
2010 population: 7,291,436
Total Gun Homicide: 45
Crude death rate per 100,000 population: 0.6171
X93: Assault by handgun discharge - 28 (0.384) - 0.0271%
X94: Assault by rifle, shotgun and larger firearm discharge - 2 (0.0274) - 0.0019%
X95: Assault by other and unspecified firearm discharge - 15 (0.2057) - 0.0145%
2009 population: 7,320,807
Total Gun Homicide: 63
Crude death rate per 100,000 population: 0.8606
X93: Assault by handgun discharge - 38 (0.5191) - 0.0365%
X94: Assault by rifle, shotgun and larger firearm discharge - 5 (0.0683) - 0.0048%
X95: Assault by other and unspecified firearm discharge - 20 (0.2732) - 0.0192%
2008 population: 7,350,222
Total Gun Homicide: 60
Crude death rate per 100,000 population: 0.8163
X93: Assault by handgun discharge - 35 (0.4762) - 0.0341%
X94: Assault by rifle, shotgun and larger firearm discharge - 2 (0.0272) - 0.0019%
X95: Assault by other and unspecified firearm discharge - 23 (0.3129) - 0.0224%
2007 population: 7,381,579
Total Gun Homicide: 85
Crude death rate per 100,000 population: 1.1516
X93: Assault by handgun discharge - 35 (0.4742) - 0.034%
X94: Assault by rifle, shotgun and larger firearm discharge - 12 (0.1626) - 0.0117%
X95: Assault by other and unspecified firearm discharge - 38 (0.5148) - 0.037%
2006 population: 7,411,569
Total Gun Homicide: 63
Crude death rate per 100,000 population: 0.85
X93: Assault by handgun discharge - 30 (0.4048) - 0.0292%
X94: Assault by rifle, shotgun and larger firearm discharge - 7 (0.0944) - 0.0068%
X95: Assault by other and unspecified firearm discharge - 26 (0.3508) - 0.0253%
2005 population: 7,440,769
Total Gun Homicide: 48
Crude death rate per 100,000 population: 0.6451
X93: Assault by handgun discharge - 8 (0.1075) - 0.0075%
X94: Assault by rifle, shotgun and larger firearm discharge - 2 (0.0269) - 0.0019%
X95: Assault by other and unspecified firearm discharge - 38 (0.5107) - 0.0356%
2004 population: 7,463,157
Total Gun Homicide: 48
Crude death rate per 100,000 population: 0.6432
X93: Assault by handgun discharge - 5 (0.067) - 0.0048%
X94: Assault by rifle, shotgun and larger firearm discharge - 1 (0.0134) - 0.001%
X95: Assault by other and unspecified firearm discharge - 42 (0.5628) - 0.0403%
2003 population: 7,480,591
Total Gun Homicide: 67
Crude death rate per 100,000 population: 0.8956
X93: Assault by handgun discharge - 9 (0.1203) - 0.0087%
X94: Assault by rifle, shotgun and larger firearm discharge - 5 (0.0668) - 0.0048%
X95: Assault by other and unspecified firearm discharge - 53 (0.7085) - 0.051%
2002 population: 7,500,031
Total Gun Homicide: 69
Crude death rate per 100,000 population: 0.92
X93: Assault by handgun discharge - 9 (0.12) - 0.0088%
X94: Assault by rifle, shotgun and larger firearm discharge - 2 (0.0267) - 0.0019%
X95: Assault by other and unspecified firearm discharge - 58 (0.7733) - 0.0564%
2001 population: 7,503,433
Total Gun Homicide: 80
Crude death rate per 100,000 population: 1.0662
X93: Assault by handgun discharge - 14 (0.1866) - 0.0141%
X94: Assault by rifle, shotgun and larger firearm discharge - 1 (0.0133) - 0.001%
X95: Assault by other and unspecified firearm discharge - 65 (0.8663) - 0.0657%
2000 population: 7,516,346
Total Gun Homicide: 77
Crude death rate per 100,000 population: 1.0244
X93: Assault by handgun discharge - 10 (0.133) - 0.0096%
X94: Assault by rifle, shotgun and larger firearm discharge - 4 (0.0532) - 0.0038%
X95: Assault by other and unspecified firearm discharge - 63 (0.8382) - 0.0606%
1999 population: 7,540,401
Total Gun Homicide: 93
Crude death rate per 100,000 population: 1.2333
X93: Assault by handgun discharge - 12 (0.1591) - 0.0118%
X94: Assault by rifle, shotgun and larger firearm discharge - 10 (0.1326) - 0.0099%
X95: Assault by other and unspecified firearm discharge - 71 (0.9416) - 0.07%
1998 population: 7,567,745
Total Gun Homicide: 102
Crude death rate per 100,000 population: 1.3479
X93: Assault by handgun discharge - 15 (0.1982) - 0.0151%
X94: Assault by rifle, shotgun and larger firearm discharge - 11 (0.1454) - 0.0111%
X95: Assault by other and unspecified firearm discharge - 76 (1.0043) - 0.0765%
[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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