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WHO. 2016 ‘Inter-country Comparison of Mortality for Selected Cause of Death - Gun Suicide in Lithuania.’ European Detailed Mortality Database (DMDB). Copenhagen: World Health Organisation Regional Office for Europe. 8 July
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ICD-10 Code:1 Diagnosis - Number of deaths (Crude death rate per 100,000 population) - % of all deaths
2014 population: 2,932,367
Total Gun Suicide: 21
Crude death rate per 100,000 population: 0.7161
X72: Intentional self-harm by handgun discharge - 5 (0.1705) - 0.0124%
X74: Intentional self-harm by other and unspecified firearm discharge - 16 (0.5456) - 0.0397%
2013 population: 2,957,689
Total Gun Suicide: 28
Crude death rate per 100,000 population: 0.9467
X72: Intentional self-harm by handgun discharge - 11 (0.3719) - 0.0265%
X74: Intentional self-harm by other and unspecified firearm discharge - 17 (0.5748) - 0.041%
2012 population: 2,987,773
Total Gun Suicide: 31
Crude death rate per 100,000 population: 1.0376
X72: Intentional self-harm by handgun discharge - 10 (0.3347) - 0.0244%
X74: Intentional self-harm by other and unspecified firearm discharge - 21 (0.7029) - 0.0513%
2011 population: 3,028,115
Total Gun Suicide: 21
Crude death rate per 100,000 population: 0.6935
X72: Intentional self-harm by handgun discharge - 7 (0.2312) - 0.0171%
X73: Intentional self-harm by rifle, shotgun and larger firearm discharge - 4 (0.1321) - 0.0097%
X74: Intentional self-harm by other and unspecified firearm discharge - 10 (0.3302) - 0.0244%
2010 population: 3,097,282
Total Gun Suicide: 33
Crude death rate per 100,000 population: 1.0655
X72: Intentional self-harm by handgun discharge - 11 (0.3552) - 0.0261%
X73: Intentional self-harm by rifle, shotgun and larger firearm discharge - 7 (0.226) - 0.0166%
X74: Intentional self-harm by other and unspecified firearm discharge - 15 (0.4843) - 0.0356%
2009 population: 3,162,916
Total Gun Suicide: 17
Crude death rate per 100,000 population: 0.5375
X72: Intentional self-harm by handgun discharge - 8 (0.2529) - 0.019%
X73: Intentional self-harm by rifle, shotgun and larger firearm discharge - 5 (0.1581) - 0.0119%
X74: Intentional self-harm by other and unspecified firearm discharge - 4 (0.1265) - 0.0095%
2008 population: 3,198,231
Total Gun Suicide: 24
Crude death rate per 100,000 population: 0.7504
X72: Intentional self-harm by handgun discharge - 7 (0.2189) - 0.016%
X73: Intentional self-harm by rifle, shotgun and larger firearm discharge - 7 (0.2189) - 0.016%
X74: Intentional self-harm by other and unspecified firearm discharge - 10 (0.3127) - 0.0228%
2007 population: 3,231,294
Total Gun Suicide: 16
Crude death rate per 100,000 population: 0.4952
X72: Intentional self-harm by handgun discharge - 5 (0.1547) - 0.011%
X73: Intentional self-harm by rifle, shotgun and larger firearm discharge - 5 (0.1547) - 0.011%
X74: Intentional self-harm by other and unspecified firearm discharge - 6 (0.1857) - 0.0132%
2006 population: 3,269,909
Total Gun Suicide: 23
Crude death rate per 100,000 population: 0.7034
X72: Intentional self-harm by handgun discharge - 8 (0.2447) - 0.0179%
X73: Intentional self-harm by rifle, shotgun and larger firearm discharge - 8 (0.2447) - 0.0179%
X74: Intentional self-harm by other and unspecified firearm discharge - 7 (0.2141) - 0.0156%
2005 population: 3,322,528
Total Gun Suicide: 33
Crude death rate per 100,000 population: 0.9932
X72: Intentional self-harm by handgun discharge - 7 (0.2107) - 0.016%
X73: Intentional self-harm by rifle, shotgun and larger firearm discharge - 17 (0.5117) - 0.0388%
X74: Intentional self-harm by other and unspecified firearm discharge - 9 (0.2709) - 0.0205%
2004 population: 3,377,075
Total Gun Suicide: 30
Crude death rate per 100,000 population: 0.8883
X72: Intentional self-harm by handgun discharge - 12 (0.3553) - 0.029%
X73: Intentional self-harm by rifle, shotgun and larger firearm discharge - 10 (0.2961) - 0.0242%
X74: Intentional self-harm by other and unspecified firearm discharge - 8 (0.2369) - 0.0194%
2003 population: 3,415,213
Total Gun Suicide: 31
Crude death rate per 100,000 population: 0.9077
X72: Intentional self-harm by handgun discharge - 7 (0.205) - 0.0171%
X73: Intentional self-harm by rifle, shotgun and larger firearm discharge - 19 (0.5563) - 0.0464%
X74: Intentional self-harm by other and unspecified firearm discharge - 5 (0.1464) - 0.0122%
2002 population: 3,443,067
Total Gun Suicide: 31
Crude death rate per 100,000 population: 0.9004
X72: Intentional self-harm by handgun discharge - 5 (0.1452) - 0.0122%
X73: Intentional self-harm by rifle, shotgun and larger firearm discharge - 21 (0.6099) - 0.0511%
X74: Intentional self-harm by other and unspecified firearm discharge - 5 (0.1452) - 0.0122%
2001 population: 3,470,818
Total Gun Suicide: 34
Crude death rate per 100,000 population: 0.9796
X72: Intentional self-harm by handgun discharge - 11 (0.3169) - 0.0272%
X73: Intentional self-harm by rifle, shotgun and larger firearm discharge - 15 (0.4322) - 0.0371%
X74: Intentional self-harm by other and unspecified firearm discharge - 8 (0.2305) - 0.0198%
2000 population: 3,499,536
Total Gun Suicide: 40
Crude death rate per 100,000 population: 1.1430
X72: Intentional self-harm by handgun discharge - 6 (0.1715) - 0.0154%
X73: Intentional self-harm by rifle, shotgun and larger firearm discharge - 22 (0.6287) - 0.0565%
X74: Intentional self-harm by other and unspecified firearm discharge - 12 (0.3429) - 0.0308%
1999 population: 3,524,238
Total Gun Suicide: 35
Crude death rate per 100,000 population: 0.9931
X72: Intentional self-harm by handgun discharge - 12 (0.3405) - 0.03%
X73: Intentional self-harm by rifle, shotgun and larger firearm discharge - 10 (0.2837) - 0.025%
X74: Intentional self-harm by other and unspecified firearm discharge - 13 (0.3689) - 0.0325%
1998 population: 3,549,332
Total Gun Suicide: 43
Crude death rate per 100,000 population: 1.2115
X72: Intentional self-harm by handgun discharge - 12 (0.3381) - 0.0294%
X73: Intentional self-harm by rifle, shotgun and larger firearm discharge - 15 (0.4226) - 0.0368%
X74: Intentional self-harm by other and unspecified firearm discharge - 16 (0.4508) - 0.0393%
[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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