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WHO. 2016 ‘Inter-country Comparison of Mortality for Selected Cause of Death - Gun Homicide in Slovakia.’ European Detailed Mortality Database (DMDB). Copenhagen: World Health Organisation Regional Office for Europe. 29 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: 5,431,024
Total Gun Homicide: 11
Crude death rate per 100,000 population: 0.2025
X93: Assault by handgun discharge - 9 (0.1657) - 0.0175%
X94: Assault by rifle, shotgun and larger firearm discharge - 2 (0.0368) - 0.0039%
2013 population: 5,431,024
Total Gun Homicide: 13
Crude death rate per 100,000 population: 0.2394
X93: Assault by handgun discharge - 8 (0.1473) - 0.0154%
X94: Assault by rifle, shotgun and larger firearm discharge - 3 (0.0552) - 0.0058%
X95: Assault by other and unspecified firearm discharge - 2 (0.0368) - 0.0038%
2012 population: 5,431,024
Total Gun Homicide: 9
Crude death rate per 100,000 population: 0.1657
X93: Assault by handgun discharge - 8 (0.1473) - 0.0153%
X94: Assault by rifle, shotgun and larger firearm discharge - 1 (0.0184) - 0.0019%
2010 population: 5,431,024
Total Gun Homicide: 10
Crude death rate per 100,000 population: 0.1842
X94: Assault by rifle, shotgun and larger firearm discharge - 6 (0.1105) - 0.0112%
X95: Assault by other and unspecified firearm discharge - 4 (0.0737) - 0.0075%
2009 population: 5,418,374
Total Gun Homicide: 3
Crude death rate per 100,000 population: 0.0554
X93: Assault by handgun discharge - 3 (0.0554) - 0.0057%
2008 population: 5,406,972
Total Gun Homicide: 6
Crude death rate per 100,000 population: 0.111
X93: Assault by handgun discharge - 6 (0.111) - 0.0113%
2005 population: 5,389,180
Total Gun Homicide: 13
Crude death rate per 100,000 population: 0.2412
X93: Assault by handgun discharge - 11 (0.2041) - 0.0206%
X94: Assault by rifle, shotgun and larger firearm discharge - 2 (0.0371) - 0.0037%
2004 population: 5,384,822
Total Gun Homicide: 26
Crude death rate per 100,000 population: 0.4829
X93: Assault by handgun discharge - 18 (0.3343) - 0.0347%
X94: Assault by rifle, shotgun and larger firearm discharge - 3 (0.0557) - 0.0058%
X95: Assault by other and unspecified firearm discharge - 5 (0.0929) - 0.0096%
2003 population: 5,380,053
Total Gun Homicide: 23
Crude death rate per 100,000 population: 0.4276
X93: Assault by handgun discharge - 19 (0.3532) - 0.0364%
X94: Assault by rifle, shotgun and larger firearm discharge - 3 (0.0558) - 0.0057%
X95: Assault by other and unspecified firearm discharge - 1 (0.0186) - 0.0019%
2002 population: 5,379,161
Total Gun Homicide: 23
Crude death rate per 100,000 population: 0.4276
X93: Assault by handgun discharge - 17 (0.316) - 0.033%
X94: Assault by rifle, shotgun and larger firearm discharge - 3 (0.0558) - 0.0058%
X95: Assault by other and unspecified firearm discharge - 3 (0.0558) - 0.0058%
2001 population: 5,378,951
Total Gun Homicide: 20
Crude death rate per 100,000 population: 0.3719
X93: Assault by handgun discharge - 13 (0.2417) - 0.025%
X94: Assault by rifle, shotgun and larger firearm discharge - 3 (0.0558) - 0.0058%
X95: Assault by other and unspecified firearm discharge - 4 (0.0744) - 0.0077%
2000 population: 5,400,700
Total Gun Homicide: 34
Crude death rate per 100,000 population: 0.6295
X93: Assault by handgun discharge - 20 (0.3703) - 0.0379%
X94: Assault by rifle, shotgun and larger firearm discharge - 7 (0.1296) - 0.0133%
X95: Assault by other and unspecified firearm discharge - 7 (0.1296) - 0.0133%
1999 population: 5,395,300
Total Gun Homicide: 43
Crude death rate per 100,000 population: 0.797
X93: Assault by handgun discharge - 20 (0.3707) - 0.0382%
X94: Assault by rifle, shotgun and larger firearm discharge - 11 (0.2039) - 0.021%
X95: Assault by other and unspecified firearm discharge - 12 (0.2224) - 0.0229%
1998 population: 5,390,900
Total Gun Homicide: 30
Crude death rate per 100,000 population: 0.5564
X93: Assault by handgun discharge - 25 (0.4637) - 0.047%
X94: Assault by rifle, shotgun and larger firearm discharge - 3 (0.0556) - 0.0056%
X95: Assault by other and unspecified firearm discharge - 2 (0.0371) - 0.0038%
1997 population: 5,383,233
Total Gun Homicide: 40
Crude death rate per 100,000 population: 0.743
X93: Assault by handgun discharge - 28 (0.5201) - 0.0537%
X94: Assault by rifle, shotgun and larger firearm discharge - 3 (0.0557) - 0.0058%
X95: Assault by other and unspecified firearm discharge - 9 (0.1672) - 0.0173%
1996 population: 5,373,793
Total Gun Homicide: 29
Crude death rate per 100,000 population: 0.5397
X93: Assault by handgun discharge - 18 (0.335) - 0.0351%
X94: Assault by rifle, shotgun and larger firearm discharge - 5 (0.093) - 0.0098%
X95: Assault by other and unspecified firearm discharge - 6 (0.1117) - 0.0117%
1995 population: 5,363,676
Total Gun Homicide: 18
Crude death rate per 100,000 population: 0.3355
X93: Assault by handgun discharge - 16 (0.2983) - 0.0304%
X94: Assault by rifle, shotgun and larger firearm discharge - 1 (0.0186) - 0.0019%
X95: Assault by other and unspecified firearm discharge - 1 (0.0186) - 0.0019%
1994 population: 5,347,413
Total Gun Homicide: 24
Crude death rate per 100,000 population: 0.4488
X93: Assault by handgun discharge - 12 (0.2244) - 0.0234%
X94: Assault by rifle, shotgun and larger firearm discharge - 4 (0.0748) - 0.0078%
X95: Assault by other and unspecified firearm discharge - 8 (0.1496) - 0.0156%
1993 population: 5,324,632
Total Gun Homicide: 48
Crude death rate per 100,000 population: 0.9015
965 - Assault by firearms and explosives - 48 (0.9015) - 0.0911%
1992 population: 5,306,539
Total Gun Homicide: 51
Crude death rate per 100,000 population: 0.9611
965 - Assault by firearms and explosives - 51 (0.9611) - 0.0955%
[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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