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WHO. 2016 ‘Inter-country Comparison of Mortality for Selected Cause of Death - Unintentional Gun Deaths in Germany.’ European Detailed Mortality Database (DMDB). Copenhagen: World Health Organisation Regional Office for Europe. 14 July
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ICD-10 Code1: Diagnosis - Number of deaths (Crude death rate per 100,000 population) - % of all deaths
2014 population: 80,982,500
Total Unintentional Gun Deaths: 2
Crude death rate per 100,000 population: 0.0025
W34: Unintentional discharge from other and unspecified firearms - 2 (0.0025) - 0.0002%
2013 population: 80,645,605
Total Unintentional Gun Deaths: 12
Crude death rate per 100,000 population: 0.0149
W32: Unintentional handgun discharge - 1 (0.0012) - 0.0001%
W33: Unintentional rifle, shotgun and larger firearm discharge - 2 (0.0025) - 0.0002%
W34: Unintentional discharge from other and unspecified firearms - 9 (0.0112) - 0.001%
2012 population: 81,917,349
Total Unintentional Gun Deaths: 6
Crude death rate per 100,000 population: 0.0073
W32: Unintentional handgun discharge - 1 (0.0012) - 0.0001%
W33: Unintentional rifle, shotgun and larger firearm discharge - 2 (0.0024) - 0.0002%
W34: Unintentional discharge from other and unspecified firearms - 3 (0.0037) - 0.0003%
2011 population: 81,779,210
Total Unintentional Gun Deaths: 11
Crude death rate per 100,000 population: 0.0134
W32: Unintentional handgun discharge - 1 (0.0012) - 0.0001%
W33: Unintentional rifle, shotgun and larger firearm discharge - 2 (0.0024) - 0.0002%
W34: Unintentional discharge from other and unspecified firearms - 8 (0.0098) - 0.0009%
2010 population: 81,757,471
Total Unintentional Gun Deaths: 13
Crude death rate per 100,000 population: 0.0159
W32: Unintentional handgun discharge - 2 (0.0024) - 0.0002%
W33: Unintentional rifle, shotgun and larger firearm discharge - 4 (0.0049) - 0.0005%
W34: Unintentional discharge from other and unspecified firearms - 7 (0.0086) - 0.0008%
2009 population: 81,874,770
Total Unintentional Gun Deaths: 14
Crude death rate per 100,000 population: 0.017
W32: Unintentional handgun discharge - 2 (0.0024) - 0.0002%
W33: Unintentional rifle, shotgun and larger firearm discharge - 6 (0.0073) - 0.0007%
W34: Unintentional discharge from other and unspecified firearms - 6 (0.0073) - 0.0007%
2008 population: 82,119,776
Total Unintentional Gun Deaths: 15
Crude death rate per 100,000 population: 0.0183
W32: Unintentional handgun discharge - 5 (0.0061) - 0.0006%
W33: Unintentional rifle, shotgun and larger firearm discharge - 1 (0.0012) - 0.0001%
W34: Unintentional discharge from other and unspecified firearms - 9 (0.011) - 0.0011%
2007 population: 82,262,642
Total Unintentional Gun Deaths: 8
Crude death rate per 100,000 population: 0.0097
W32: Unintentional handgun discharge - 2 (0.0024) - 0.0002%
W33: Unintentional rifle, shotgun and larger firearm discharge - 1 (0.0012) - 0.0001%
W34: Unintentional discharge from other and unspecified firearms - 5 (0.0061) - 0.0006%
2006 population: 82,365,810
Total Unintentional Gun Deaths: 14
Crude death rate per 100,000 population: 0.0169
W32: Unintentional handgun discharge - 2 (0.0024) - 0.0002%
W33: Unintentional rifle, shotgun and larger firearm discharge - 3 (0.0036) - 0.0004%
W34: Unintentional discharge from other and unspecified firearms - 9 (0.0109) - 0.0011%
2005 population: 82,464,344
Total Unintentional Gun Deaths: 8
Crude death rate per 100,000 population: 0.0097
W33: Unintentional rifle, shotgun and larger firearm discharge - 3 (0.0036) - 0.0004%
W34: Unintentional discharge from other and unspecified firearms - 5 (0.0061) - 0.0006%
2004 population: 82,501,274
Total Unintentional Gun Deaths: 13
Crude death rate per 100,000 population: 0.0158
W32: Unintentional handgun discharge - 1 (0.0012) - 0.0001%
W33: Unintentional rifle, shotgun and larger firearm discharge - 5 (0.0061) - 0.0006%
W34: Unintentional discharge from other and unspecified firearms - 7 (0.0085) - 0.0009%
2003 population: 82,520,176
Total Unintentional Gun Deaths: 17
Crude death rate per 100,000 population: 0.0205
W32: Unintentional handgun discharge - 3 (0.0036) - 0.0004%
W33: Unintentional rifle, shotgun and larger firearm discharge - 3 (0.0036) - 0.0004%
W34: Unintentional discharge from other and unspecified firearms - 11 (0.0133) - 0.0013%
2002 population: 82,482,309
Total Unintentional Gun Deaths: 18
Crude death rate per 100,000 population: 0.0218
W32: Unintentional handgun discharge - 3 (0.0036) - 0.0004%
W33: Unintentional rifle, shotgun and larger firearm discharge - 2 (0.0024) - 0.0002%
W34: Unintentional discharge from other and unspecified firearms - 13 (0.0158) - 0.0015%
2001 population: 82,339,777
Total Unintentional Gun Deaths: 20
Crude death rate per 100,000 population: 0.0243
W32: Unintentional handgun discharge - 2 (0.0024) - 0.0002%
W33: Unintentional rifle, shotgun and larger firearm discharge - 6 (0.0073) - 0.0007%
W34: Unintentional discharge from other and unspecified firearms - 12 (0.0146) - 0.0014%
2000 population: 82,187,614
Total Unintentional Gun Deaths: 23
Crude death rate per 100,000 population: 0.0281
W32: Unintentional handgun discharge - 4 (0.0049) - 0.0005%
W33: Unintentional rifle, shotgun and larger firearm discharge - 3 (0.0037) - 0.0004%
W34: Unintentional discharge from other and unspecified firearms - 16 (0.0195) - 0.0019%
1999 population: 82,086,600
Total Unintentional Gun Deaths: 16
Crude death rate per 100,000 population: 0.0195
W32: Unintentional handgun discharge - 8 (0.0097) - 0.0009%
W33: Unintentional rifle, shotgun and larger firearm discharge - 3 (0.0037) - 0.0004%
W34: Unintentional discharge from other and unspecified firearms - 5 (0.0061) - 0.0006%
1998 population: 82,029,000
Total Unintentional Gun Deaths: 13
Crude death rate per 100,000 population: 0.0158
W32: Unintentional handgun discharge - 2 (0.0024) - 0.0002%
W33: Unintentional rifle, shotgun and larger firearm discharge - 4 (0.0049) - 0.0005%
W34: Unintentional discharge from other and unspecified firearms - 7 (0.0085) - 0.0008%
[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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