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WHO. 2016 ‘Inter-country Comparison of Mortality for Selected Cause of Death - Gun Suicide in Ireland.’ European Detailed Mortality Database (DMDB). Copenhagen: World Health Organisation Regional Office for Europe. 13 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: 4,593,124
Total Gun Suicide: 29
Crude death rate per 100,000 population: 0.6314
X73: Intentional self-harm by rifle, shotgun and larger firearm discharge - 14 (0.3048) - 0.0475%
X74: Intentional self-harm by other and unspecified firearm discharge - 15 (0.3266) - 0.0508%
2012 population: 4,585,407
Total Gun Suicide: 20
Crude death rate per 100,000 population: 0.4362
X72: Intentional self-harm by handgun discharge - 1 (0.0218) - 0.0034%
X73: Intentional self-harm by rifle, shotgun and larger firearm discharge - 7 (0.1527) - 0.024%
X74: Intentional self-harm by other and unspecified firearm discharge - 12 (0.2617) - 0.0411%
2011 population: 4,574,888
Total Gun Suicide: 27
Crude death rate per 100,000 population: 0.5902
X72: Intentional self-harm by handgun discharge - 2 (0.0437) - 0.007%
X73: Intentional self-harm by rifle, shotgun and larger firearm discharge - 14 (0.306) - 0.0492%
X74: Intentional self-harm by other and unspecified firearm discharge - 11 (0.2404) - 0.0387%
2010 population: 4,459,305
Total Gun Suicide: 25
Crude death rate per 100,000 population: 0.5606
X72: Intentional self-harm by handgun discharge - 1 (0.0224) - 0.0037%
X73: Intentional self-harm by rifle, shotgun and larger firearm discharge - 7 (0.157) - 0.0258%
X74: Intentional self-harm by other and unspecified firearm discharge - 17 (0.3812) - 0.0627%
2009 population: 4,459,305
Total Gun Suicide: 25
Crude death rate per 100,000 population: 0.5607
X72: Intentional self-harm by handgun discharge - 2 (0.0449) - 0.0069%
X73: Intentional self-harm by rifle, shotgun and larger firearm discharge - 11 (0.2467) - 0.0381%
X74: Intentional self-harm by other and unspecified firearm discharge - 12 (0.2691) - 0.0415%
2008 population: 4,422,077
Total Gun Suicide: 31
Crude death rate per 100,000 population: 0.7010
X72: Intentional self-harm by handgun discharge - 1 (0.0226) - 0.0035%
X73: Intentional self-harm by rifle, shotgun and larger firearm discharge - 19 (0.4297) - 0.0672%
X74: Intentional self-harm by other and unspecified firearm discharge - 11 (0.2488) - 0.0389%
2007 population: 4,339,026
Total Gun Suicide: 22
Crude death rate per 100,000 population: 0.507
X72: Intentional self-harm by handgun discharge - 1 (0.023) - 0.0036%
X73: Intentional self-harm by rifle, shotgun and larger firearm discharge - 14 (0.3227) - 0.0498%
X74: Intentional self-harm by other and unspecified firearm discharge - 7 (0.1613) - 0.0249%
[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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