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WHO. 2016 ‘Inter-country Comparison of Mortality for Selected Cause of Death - Gun Suicide in Moldova.’ European Detailed Mortality Database (DMDB). Copenhagen: World Health Organisation Regional Office for Europe. 27 July
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ICD-10 Code1: Diagnosis - Number of deaths (Crude death rate per 100,000 population) - % of all deaths
2014 population: 3,556,397
Total Gun Suicide: 6
Crude death rate per 100,000 population: 0.1687
X72: Intentional self-harm by handgun discharge - 1 (0.0281) - 0.0025%
X74: Intentional self-harm by other and unspecified firearm discharge - 5 (0.1406) - 0.0127%
2013 population: 3,558,566
Total Gun Suicide: 9
Crude death rate per 100,000 population: 0.2529
X72: Intentional self-harm by handgun discharge - 2 (0.0562) - 0.0053%
X73: Intentional self-harm by rifle, shotgun and larger firearm discharge - 1 (0.0281) - 0.0026%
X74: Intentional self-harm by other and unspecified firearm discharge - 6 (0.1686) - 0.0158%
2012 population: 3,559,519
Total Gun Suicide: 8
Crude death rate per 100,000 population: 0.2248
X73: Intentional self-harm by rifle, shotgun and larger firearm discharge - 1 (0.0281) - 0.0025%
X74: Intentional self-harm by other and unspecified firearm discharge - 7 (0.1967) - 0.0177%
2011 population: 3,559,985
Total Gun Suicide: 15
Crude death rate per 100,000 population: 0.4214
X72: Intentional self-harm by handgun discharge - 4 (0.1124) - 0.0102%
X73: Intentional self-harm by rifle, shotgun and larger firearm discharge - 1 (0.0281) - 0.0025%
X74: Intentional self-harm by other and unspecified firearm discharge - 10 (0.2809) - 0.0255%
2010 population: 3,562,045
Total Gun Suicide: 10
Crude death rate per 100,000 population: 0.2807
X73: Intentional self-harm by rifle, shotgun and larger firearm discharge - 2 (0.0561) - 0.0046%
X74: Intentional self-harm by other and unspecified firearm discharge - 8 (0.2246) - 0.0183%
2009 population: 3,565,604
Total Gun Suicide: 6
Crude death rate per 100,000 population: 0.1682
X72: Intentional self-harm by handgun discharge - 1 (0.028) - 0.0024%
X74: Intentional self-harm by other and unspecified firearm discharge - 5 (0.1402) - 0.0119%
2008 population: 3,570,108
Total Gun Suicide: 5
Crude death rate per 100,000 population: 0.14
X72: Intentional self-harm by handgun discharge - 1 (0.028) - 0.0024%
X73: Intentional self-harm by rifle, shotgun and larger firearm discharge - 1 (0.028) - 0.0024%
X74: Intentional self-harm by other and unspecified firearm discharge - 3 (0.084) - 0.0072%
2007 population: 3,576,910
Total Gun Suicide: 8
Crude death rate per 100,000 population: 0.2237
X72: Intentional self-harm by handgun discharge - 3 (0.0839) - 0.007%
X73: Intentional self-harm by rifle, shotgun and larger firearm discharge - 1 (0.028) - 0.0023%
X74: Intentional self-harm by other and unspecified firearm discharge - 4 (0.1118) - 0.0093%
2006 population: 3,585,209
Total Gun Suicide: 4
Crude death rate per 100,000 population: 0.1116
X73: Intentional self-harm by rifle, shotgun and larger firearm discharge - 1 (0.0279) - 0.0023%
X74: Intentional self-harm by other and unspecified firearm discharge - 3 (0.0837) - 0.007%
2005 population: 3,595,187
Total Gun Suicide: 7
Crude death rate per 100,000 population: 0.1947
X72: Intentional self-harm by handgun discharge - 1 (0.0278) - 0.0022%
X74: Intentional self-harm by other and unspecified firearm discharge - 6 (0.1669) - 0.0134%
2004 population: 3,603,940
Total Gun Suicide: 13
Crude death rate per 100,000 population: 0.3607
X72: Intentional self-harm by handgun discharge - 2 (0.0555) - 0.0048%
X74: Intentional self-harm by other and unspecified firearm discharge - 11 (0.3052) - 0.0264%
2003 population: 3,612,874
Total Gun Suicide: 14
Crude death rate per 100,000 population: 0.3875
X73: Intentional self-harm by rifle, shotgun and larger firearm discharge - 1 (0.0277) - 0.0023%
X74: Intentional self-harm by other and unspecified firearm discharge - 13 (0.3598) - 0.0302%
2002 population: 3,627,812
Total Gun Suicide: 11
Crude death rate per 100,000 population: 0.3033
X72: Intentional self-harm by handgun discharge - 1 (0.0276) - 0.0024%
X73: Intentional self-harm by rifle, shotgun and larger firearm discharge - 1 (0.0276) - 0.0024%
X74: Intentional self-harm by other and unspecified firearm discharge - 9 (0.2481) - 0.0215%
2001 population: 3,631,462
Total Gun Suicide: 11
Crude death rate per 100,000 population: 0.3029
X72: Intentional self-harm by handgun discharge - 3 (0.0826) - 0.0075%
X73: Intentional self-harm by rifle, shotgun and larger firearm discharge - 1 (0.0275) - 0.0025%
X74: Intentional self-harm by other and unspecified firearm discharge - 7 (0.1928) - 0.0175%
2000 population: 3,639,600
Total Gun Suicide: 8
Crude death rate per 100,000 population: 0.2199
X72: Intentional self-harm by handgun discharge - 1 (0.0275) - 0.0024%
X73: Intentional self-harm by rifle, shotgun and larger firearm discharge - 1 (0.0275) - 0.0024%
X74: Intentional self-harm by other and unspecified firearm discharge - 6 (0.1649) - 0.0146%
1999 population: 3,647,000
Total Gun Suicide: 7
Crude death rate per 100,000 population: 0.1919
X72: Intentional self-harm by handgun discharge - 2 (0.0548) - 0.0048%
X73: Intentional self-harm by rifle, shotgun and larger firearm discharge - 2 (0.0548) - 0.0048%
X74: Intentional self-harm by other and unspecified firearm discharge - 3 (0.0823) - 0.0073%
1998 population: 3,652,800
Total Gun Suicide: 9
Crude death rate per 100,000 population: 0.2464
X72: Intentional self-harm by handgun discharge - 1 (0.0274) - 0.0025%
X73: Intentional self-harm by rifle, shotgun and larger firearm discharge - 1 (0.0274) - 0.0025%
X74: Intentional self-harm by other and unspecified firearm discharge - 7 (0.1916) - 0.0175%
1997 population: 3,654,200
Total Gun Suicide: 18
Crude death rate per 100,000 population: 0.4926
X72: Intentional self-harm by handgun discharge - 3 (0.0821) - 0.0071%
X73: Intentional self-harm by rifle, shotgun and larger firearm discharge - 3 (0.0821) - 0.0071%
X74: Intentional self-harm by other and unspecified firearm discharge - 12 (0.3284) - 0.0284%
1996 population: 4,317,600
Total Gun Suicide: 23
Crude death rate per 100,000 population: 0.5328
X72: Intentional self-harm by handgun discharge - 11 (0.2548) - 0.022%
X73: Intentional self-harm by rifle, shotgun and larger firearm discharge - 1 (0.0232) - 0.002%
X74: Intentional self-harm by other and unspecified firearm discharge - 11 (0.2548) - 0.022%
[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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