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WHO. 2016 ‘Inter-country Comparison of Mortality for Selected Cause of Death - Gun Homicide in Sweden.’ European Detailed Mortality Database (DMDB). Copenhagen: World Health Organisation Regional Office for Europe. 28 June
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ICD-10 or ICD-9 Code:1 Diagnosis - Number of deaths (Crude death rate per 100,000 population) - % of all deaths
2014 population: 9,696,109
Total Gun Homicide: 25
Crude death rate per 100,000 population: 0.2578
X93: Assault by handgun discharge - 18 (0.1856) - 0.0202%
X94: Assault by rifle, shotgun and larger firearm discharge - 1 (0.0103) - 0.0011%
X95: Assault by other and unspecified firearm discharge - 6 (0.0619) - 0.0067%
2013 population: 9,600,378
Total Gun Homicide: 22
Crude death rate per 100,000 population: 0.2292
X93: Assault by handgun discharge - 15 (0.1562) - 0.0166%
X94: Assault by rifle, shotgun and larger firearm discharge - 5 (0.0521) - 0.0055%
X95: Assault by other and unspecified firearm discharge - 2 (0.0208) - 0.0022%
2012 population: 9,519,375
Total Gun Homicide: 16
Crude death rate per 100,000 population: 0.1681
X93: Assault by handgun discharge - 11 (0.1156) - 0.012%
X94: Assault by rifle, shotgun and larger firearm discharge - 3 (0.0315) - 0.0033%
X95: Assault by other and unspecified firearm discharge - 2 (0.021) - 0.0022%
2011 population: 9,449,213
Total Gun Homicide: 19
Crude death rate per 100,000 population: 0.2011
X93: Assault by handgun discharge - 1 (0.0106) - 0.0011%
X94: Assault by rifle, shotgun and larger firearm discharge - 2 (0.0212) - 0.0022%
X95: Assault by other and unspecified firearm discharge - 16 (0.1693) - 0.0178%
2010 population: 9,378,126
Total Gun Homicide: 18
Crude death rate per 100,000 population: 0.192
X93: Assault by handgun discharge - 1 (0.0107) - 0.0011%
X95: Assault by other and unspecified firearm discharge - 17 (0.1813) - 0.0188%
2009 population: 9,298,515
Total Gun Homicide: 22
Crude death rate per 100,000 population: 0.2366
X94: Assault by rifle, shotgun and larger firearm discharge - 1 (0.0108) - 0.0011%
X95: Assault by other and unspecified firearm discharge - 21 (0.2258) - 0.0233%
2008 population: 9,219,638
Total Gun Homicide: 14
Crude death rate per 100,000 population: 0.1519
X94: Assault by rifle, shotgun and larger firearm discharge - 2 (0.0217) - 0.0022%
X95: Assault by other and unspecified firearm discharge - 12 (0.1302) - 0.0131%
2007 population: 9,148,092
Total Gun Homicide: 21
Crude death rate per 100,000 population: 0.2295
X93: Assault by handgun discharge - 3 (0.0328) - 0.0033%
X94: Assault by rifle, shotgun and larger firearm discharge - 1 (0.0109) - 0.0011%
X95: Assault by other and unspecified firearm discharge - 17 (0.1858) - 0.0185%
2006 population: 9,080,504
Total Gun Homicide: 13
Crude death rate per 100,000 population: 0.1431
X93: Assault by handgun discharge - 1 (0.011) - 0.0011%
X94: Assault by rifle, shotgun and larger firearm discharge - 2 (0.022) - 0.0022%
X95: Assault by other and unspecified firearm discharge - 10 (0.1101) - 0.011%
2005 population: 9,029,571
Total Gun Homicide: 11
Crude death rate per 100,000 population: 0.1218
X94: Assault by rifle, shotgun and larger firearm discharge - 1 (0.0111) - 0.0011%
X95: Assault by other and unspecified firearm discharge - 10 (0.1107) - 0.0109%
2004 population: 8,993,530
Total Gun Homicide: 15
Crude death rate per 100,000 population: 0.1668
X93: Assault by handgun discharge - 3 (0.0334) - 0.0033%
X94: Assault by rifle, shotgun and larger firearm discharge - 2 (0.0222) - 0.0022%
X95: Assault by other and unspecified firearm discharge - 10 (0.1112) - 0.011%
2003 population: 8,958,228
Total Gun Homicide: 18
Crude death rate per 100,000 population: 0.2009
X93: Assault by handgun discharge - 5 (0.0558) - 0.0054%
X94: Assault by rifle, shotgun and larger firearm discharge - 2 (0.0223) - 0.0022%
X95: Assault by other and unspecified firearm discharge - 11 (0.1228) - 0.0118%
2002 population: 8,924,958
Total Gun Homicide: 16
Crude death rate per 100,000 population: 0.1792
X93: Assault by handgun discharge - 3 (0.0336) - 0.0032%
X94: Assault by rifle, shotgun and larger firearm discharge - 2 (0.0224) - 0.0021%
X95: Assault by other and unspecified firearm discharge - 11 (0.1232) - 0.0116%
2001 population: 8,896,127
Total Gun Homicide: 19
Crude death rate per 100,000 population: 0.2136
X93: Assault by handgun discharge - 2 (0.0225) - 0.0021%
X94: Assault by rifle, shotgun and larger firearm discharge - 5 (0.0562) - 0.0053%
X95: Assault by other and unspecified firearm discharge - 12 (0.1349) - 0.0128%
2000 population: 8,872,294
Total Gun Homicide: 22
Crude death rate per 100,000 population: 0.2479
X93: Assault by handgun discharge - 2 (0.0225) - 0.0021%
X94: Assault by rifle, shotgun and larger firearm discharge - 3 (0.0338) - 0.0032%
X95: Assault by other and unspecified firearm discharge - 17 (0.1916) - 0.0182%
1999 population: 8,858,051
Total Gun Homicide: 30
Crude death rate per 100,000 population: 0.3387
X93: Assault by handgun discharge - 3 (0.0339) - 0.0032%
X94: Assault by rifle, shotgun and larger firearm discharge - 10 (0.1129) - 0.0105%
X95: Assault by other and unspecified firearm discharge - 17 (0.1919) - 0.0179%
1998 population: 8,851,200
Total Gun Homicide: 25
Crude death rate per 100,000 population: 0.2825
X93: Assault by handgun discharge - 3 (0.0339) - 0.0032%
X94: Assault by rifle, shotgun and larger firearm discharge - 8 (0.0904) - 0.0085%
X95: Assault by other and unspecified firearm discharge - 14 (0.1582) - 0.015%
1997 population: 8,846,200
Total Gun Homicide: 14
Crude death rate per 100,000 population: 0.1582
X94: Assault by rifle, shotgun and larger firearm discharge - 3 (0.0339) - 0.0032%
X95: Assault by other and unspecified firearm discharge - 11 (0.1243) - 0.0118%
1996 population: 8,841,000
Total Gun Homicide: 11
Crude death rate per 100,000 population: 0.1244
965 - Assault by firearms and explosives - 11 (0.1244) - 0.0117%
[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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