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WHO. 2016 ‘Inter-country Comparison of Mortality for Selected Cause of Death - Gun Homicide in Spain.’ European Detailed Mortality Database (DMDB). Copenhagen: World Health Organisation Regional Office for Europe. 25 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
2014 population: 46,455,127
Total Gun Homicide: 68
Crude death rate per 100,000 population: 0.1464
X93: Assault by handgun discharge - 22 (0.0474) - 0.0055%
X94: Assault by rifle, shotgun and larger firearm discharge - 12 (0.0258) - 0.003%
X95: Assault by other and unspecified firearm discharge - 34 (0.0732) - 0.0085%
2013 population: 46,593,236
Total Gun Homicide: 58
Crude death rate per 100,000 population: 0.1245
X93: Assault by handgun discharge - 19 (0.0408) - 0.0049%
X94: Assault by rifle, shotgun and larger firearm discharge - 15 (0.0322) - 0.0038%
X95: Assault by other and unspecified firearm discharge - 24 (0.0515) - 0.0061%
2012 population: 46,766,399
Total Gun Homicide: 63
Crude death rate per 100,000 population: 0.1347
X93: Assault by handgun discharge - 13 (0.0278) - 0.0032%
X94: Assault by rifle, shotgun and larger firearm discharge - 17 (0.0364) - 0.0042%
X95: Assault by other and unspecified firearm discharge - 33 (0.0706) - 0.0082%
2011 population: 46,125,154
Total Gun Homicide: 57
Crude death rate per 100,000 population: 0.1235
X93: Assault by handgun discharge - 12 (0.026) - 0.0031%
X94: Assault by rifle, shotgun and larger firearm discharge - 8 (0.0173) - 0.0021%
X95: Assault by other and unspecified firearm discharge - 37 (0.0802) - 0.0095%
2010 population: 46,072,831
Total Gun Homicide: 67
Crude death rate per 100,000 population: 0.1454
X93: Assault by handgun discharge - 14 (0.0304) - 0.0037%
X94: Assault by rifle, shotgun and larger firearm discharge - 14 (0.0304) - 0.0037%
X95: Assault by other and unspecified firearm discharge - 39 (0.0846) - 0.0102%
2009 population: 45,929,477
Total Gun Homicide: 78
Crude death rate per 100,000 population: 0.1699
X93: Assault by handgun discharge - 9 (0.0196) - 0.0023%
X94: Assault by rifle, shotgun and larger firearm discharge - 10 (0.0218) - 0.0026%
X95: Assault by other and unspecified firearm discharge - 59 (0.1285) - 0.0153%
2008 population: 45,593,385
Total Gun Homicide: 80
Crude death rate per 100,000 population: 0.1755
X93: Assault by handgun discharge - 3 (0.0066) - 0.0008%
X94: Assault by rifle, shotgun and larger firearm discharge - 5 (0.011) - 0.0013%
X95: Assault by other and unspecified firearm discharge - 72 (0.1579) - 0.0186%
2007 population: 44,873,567
Total Gun Homicide: 57
Crude death rate per 100,000 population: 0.127
X93: Assault by handgun discharge - 4 (0.0089) - 0.001%
X94: Assault by rifle, shotgun and larger firearm discharge - 6 (0.0134) - 0.0016%
X95: Assault by other and unspecified firearm discharge - 47 (0.1047) - 0.0122%
2006 population: 44,068,244
Total Gun Homicide: 82
Crude death rate per 100,000 population: 0.1861
X93: Assault by handgun discharge - 8 (0.0182) - 0.0022%
X94: Assault by rifle, shotgun and larger firearm discharge - 12 (0.0272) - 0.0032%
X95: Assault by other and unspecified firearm discharge - 62 (0.1407) - 0.0167%
2005 population: 43,398,190
Total Gun Homicide: 74
Crude death rate per 100,000 population: 0.1705
X93: Assault by handgun discharge - 7 (0.0161) - 0.0018%
X94: Assault by rifle, shotgun and larger firearm discharge - 7 (0.0161) - 0.0018%
X95: Assault by other and unspecified firearm discharge - 60 (0.1383) - 0.0155%
2004 population: 42,691,751
Total Gun Homicide: 86
Crude death rate per 100,000 population: 0.2014
X93: Assault by handgun discharge - 16 (0.0375) - 0.0043%
X94: Assault by rifle, shotgun and larger firearm discharge - 8 (0.0187) - 0.0022%
X95: Assault by other and unspecified firearm discharge - 62 (0.1452) - 0.0167%
2003 population: 42,004,575
Total Gun Homicide: 115
Crude death rate per 100,000 population: 0.2738
X93: Assault by handgun discharge - 12 (0.0286) - 0.0031%
X94: Assault by rifle, shotgun and larger firearm discharge - 13 (0.0309) - 0.0034%
X95: Assault by other and unspecified firearm discharge - 90 (0.2143) - 0.0234%
2002 population: 41,314,019
Total Gun Homicide: 103
Crude death rate per 100,000 population: 0.2493
X93: Assault by handgun discharge - 21 (0.0508) - 0.0057%
X94: Assault by rifle, shotgun and larger firearm discharge - 14 (0.0339) - 0.0038%
X95: Assault by other and unspecified firearm discharge - 68 (0.1646) - 0.0184%
2001 population: 40,614,353
Total Gun Homicide: 104
Crude death rate per 100,000 population: 0.2561
X93: Assault by handgun discharge - 16 (0.0394) - 0.0044%
X94: Assault by rifle, shotgun and larger firearm discharge - 14 (0.0345) - 0.0039%
X95: Assault by other and unspecified firearm discharge - 74 (0.1822) - 0.0205%
2000 population: 40,173,504
Total Gun Homicide: 105
Crude death rate per 100,000 population: 0.2613
X93: Assault by handgun discharge - 14 (0.0348) - 0.0039%
X94: Assault by rifle, shotgun and larger firearm discharge - 18 (0.0448) - 0.005%
X95: Assault by other and unspecified firearm discharge - 73 (0.1817) - 0.0203%
1999 population: 39,626,153
Total Gun Homicide: 68
Crude death rate per 100,000 population: 0.1717
X93: Assault by handgun discharge - 3 (0.0076) - 0.0008%
X94: Assault by rifle, shotgun and larger firearm discharge - 7 (0.0177) - 0.0019%
X95: Assault by other and unspecified firearm discharge - 58 (0.1464) - 0.0156%
1998 population: 39,371,200
Total Gun Homicide: 85
Crude death rate per 100,000 population: 0.2159
965 - Assault by firearms and explosives - 85 (0.2159) - 0.0236%
1997 population: 39,323,300
Total Gun Homicide: 105
Crude death rate per 100,000 population: 0.267
965 - Assault by firearms and explosives - 105 (0.267) - 0.03%
[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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