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WHO. 2016 ‘Inter-country Comparison of Mortality for Selected Cause of Death - Unintentional Gun Deaths in France.’ European Detailed Mortality Database (DMDB). Copenhagen: World Health Organisation Regional Office for Europe. 15 July
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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
2013 population: 63,781,774
Total Unintentional Gun Deaths: 17
Crude death rate per 100,000 population: 0.0267
W33: Unintentional rifle, shotgun and larger firearm discharge - 9 (0.0141) - 0.0016%
W34: Unintentional discharge from other and unspecified firearms - 8 (0.0125) - 0.0014%
2012 population: 63,519,077
Total Unintentional Gun Deaths: 24
Crude death rate per 100,000 population: 0.0378
W33: Unintentional rifle, shotgun and larger firearm discharge - 9 (0.0142) - 0.0016%
W34: Unintentional discharge from other and unspecified firearms - 15 (0.0236) - 0.0027%
2011 population: 63,224,445
Total Unintentional Gun Deaths: 71
Crude death rate per 100,000 population: 0.1123
W33: Unintentional rifle, shotgun and larger firearm discharge - 16 (0.0253) - 0.003%
W34: Unintentional discharge from other and unspecified firearms - 55 (0.087) - 0.0102%
2010 population: 62,932,342
Total Unintentional Gun Deaths: 34
Crude death rate per 100,000 population: 0.054
W33: Unintentional rifle, shotgun and larger firearm discharge - 9 (0.0143) - 0.0017%
W34: Unintentional discharge from other and unspecified firearms - 25 (0.0397) - 0.0046%
2009 population: 62,615,899
Total Unintentional Gun Deaths: 29
Crude death rate per 100,000 population: 0.0463
W33: Unintentional rifle, shotgun and larger firearm discharge - 12 (0.0192) - 0.0022%
W34: Unintentional discharge from other and unspecified firearms - 17 (0.0271) - 0.0032%
2008 population: 62,304,840
Total Unintentional Gun Deaths: 40
Crude death rate per 100,000 population: 0.0635
W33: Unintentional rifle, shotgun and larger firearm discharge - 14 (0.0225) - 0.0026%
W34: Unintentional discharge from other and unspecified firearms - 26 (0.0417) - 0.0049%
2007 population: 61,963,276
Total Unintentional Gun Deaths: 32
Crude death rate per 100,000 population: 0.0516
W33: Unintentional rifle, shotgun and larger firearm discharge - 8 (0.0129) - 0.0015%
W34: Unintentional discharge from other and unspecified firearms - 24 (0.0387) - 0.0046%
2006 population: 61,597,642
Total Unintentional Gun Deaths: 53
Crude death rate per 100,000 population: 0.086
W33: Unintentional rifle, shotgun and larger firearm discharge - 13 (0.0211) - 0.0025%
W34: Unintentional discharge from other and unspecified firearms - 40 (0.0649) - 0.0078%
2005 population: 60,995,911
Total Unintentional Gun Deaths: 36
Crude death rate per 100,000 population: 0.059
W33: Unintentional rifle, shotgun and larger firearm discharge - 20 (0.0328) - 0.0038%
W34: Unintentional discharge from other and unspecified firearms - 16 (0.0262) - 0.003%
2004 population: 60,643,306
Total Unintentional Gun Deaths: 19
Crude death rate per 100,000 population: 0.0313
W33: Unintentional rifle, shotgun and larger firearm discharge - 8 (0.0132) - 0.0016%
W34: Unintentional discharge from other and unspecified firearms - 11 (0.0181) - 0.0022%
2003 population: 60,154,850
Total Unintentional Gun Deaths: 26
Crude death rate per 100,000 population: 0.0432
W33: Unintentional rifle, shotgun and larger firearm discharge - 23 (0.0382) - 0.0042%
W34: Unintentional discharge from other and unspecified firearms - 3 (0.005) - 0.0005%
2002 population: 59,678,253
Total Unintentional Gun Deaths: 19
Crude death rate per 100,000 population: 0.0319
W33: Unintentional rifle, shotgun and larger firearm discharge - 13 (0.0218) - 0.0024%
W34: Unintentional discharge from other and unspecified firearms - 6 (0.0101) - 0.0011%
2001 population: 59,192,597
Total Unintentional Gun Deaths: 33
Crude death rate per 100,000 population: 0.0557
W33: Unintentional rifle, shotgun and larger firearm discharge - 25 (0.0422) - 0.0047%
W34: Unintentional discharge from other and unspecified firearms - 8 (0.0135) - 0.0015%
2000 population: 58,895,702
Total Unintentional Gun Deaths: 43
Crude death rate per 100,000 population: 0.073
W33: Unintentional rifle, shotgun and larger firearm discharge - 25 (0.0424) - 0.0047%
W34: Unintentional discharge from other and unspecified firearms - 18 (0.0306) - 0.0034%
1999 population: 58,622,678
Total Unintentional Gun Deaths: 100
Crude death rate per 100,000 population: 0.1706
922 - Accident caused by firearm missile - 100 (0.1706) - 0.0186%
1998 population: 58,852,600
Total Unintentional Gun Deaths: 68
Crude death rate per 100,000 population: 0.1155
922 - Accident caused by firearm missile - 68 (0.1155) - 0.0127%
1997 population: 58,609,900
Total Unintentional Gun Deaths: 86
Crude death rate per 100,000 population: 0.1467
922 - Accident caused by firearm missile - 86 (0.1467) - 0.0162%
[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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