WHO. 2016 ‘Inter-country Comparison of Mortality for Selected Cause of Death - Unintentional Gun Deaths in Latvia.’ European Detailed Mortality Database (DMDB). Copenhagen: World Health Organisation Regional Office for Europe. 11 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: 1,993,782
Total Unintentional Gun Deaths: 1
Crude death rate per 100,000 population: 0.0502

W33: Unintentional rifle, shotgun and larger firearm discharge - 1 (0.0502) - 0.0035%

2010 population: 2,097,555
Total Unintentional Gun Deaths: 1
Crude death rate per 100,000 population: 0.0447

W33: Unintentional rifle, shotgun and larger firearm discharge - 1 (0.0447) - 0.0033%

2009 population: 2,141,669
Total Unintentional Gun Deaths: 4
Crude death rate per 100,000 population: 0.1868

W33: Unintentional rifle, shotgun and larger firearm discharge - 3 (0.1401) - 0.01%
W34: Unintentional discharge from other and unspecified firearms - 1 (0.0467) - 0.0033%

2008 population: 2,177,322
Total Unintentional Gun Deaths: 1
Crude death rate per 100,000 population: 0.0459

W33: Unintentional rifle, shotgun and larger firearm discharge - 1 (0.0459) - 0.0032%

2007 population: 2,200,325
Total Unintentional Gun Deaths: 4
Crude death rate per 100,000 population: 0.1818

W32: Unintentional handgun discharge - 1 (0.0454) - 0.003%
W34: Unintentional discharge from other and unspecified firearms - 3 (0.1363) - 0.0091%

2005 population: 2,238,799
Total Unintentional Gun Deaths: 3
Crude death rate per 100,000 population: 0.1340

W32: Unintentional handgun discharge - 1 (0.0447) - 0.0031%
W33: Unintentional rifle, shotgun and larger firearm discharge - 2 (0.0893) - 0.0061%

2004 population: 2,263,122
Total Unintentional Gun Deaths: 2
Crude death rate per 100,000 population: 0.0884

W33: Unintentional rifle, shotgun and larger firearm discharge - 2 (0.0884) - 0.0062%

2003 population: 2,287,955
Total Unintentional Gun Deaths: 1
Crude death rate per 100,000 population: 0.0437

W34: Unintentional discharge from other and unspecified firearms - 1 (0.0437) - 0.0031%

2002 population: 2,310,173
Total Unintentional Gun Deaths: 4
Crude death rate per 100,000 population: 0.1731

W32: Unintentional handgun discharge - 1 (0.0433) - 0.0031%
W33: Unintentional rifle, shotgun and larger firearm discharge - 1 (0.0433) - 0.0031%
W34: Unintentional discharge from other and unspecified firearms - 2 (0.0866) - 0.0062%

2001 population: 2,337,170
Total Unintentional Gun Deaths: 2
Crude death rate per 100,000 population: 0.0856

W33: Unintentional rifle, shotgun and larger firearm discharge - 1 (0.0428) - 0.003%
W34: Unintentional discharge from other and unspecified firearms - 1 (0.0428) - 0.003%

2000 population: 2,367,550
Total Unintentional Gun Deaths: 3
Crude death rate per 100,000 population: 0.1267

W33: Unintentional rifle, shotgun and larger firearm discharge - 1 (0.0422) - 0.0031%
W34: Unintentional discharge from other and unspecified firearms - 2 (0.0845) - 0.0062%

1999 population: 2,431,800
Total Unintentional Gun Deaths: 5
Crude death rate per 100,000 population: 0.2056

W33: Unintentional rifle, shotgun and larger firearm discharge - 2 (0.0822) - 0.0061%
W34: Unintentional discharge from other and unspecified firearms - 3 (0.1234) - 0.0091%

1998 population: 2,449,000
Total Unintentional Gun Deaths: 2
Crude death rate per 100,000 population: 0.0817

W33: Unintentional rifle, shotgun and larger firearm discharge - 2 (0.0817) - 0.0058%

1997 population: 2,469,100
Total Unintentional Gun Deaths: 3
Crude death rate per 100,000 population: 0.1215

W33: Unintentional rifle, shotgun and larger firearm discharge - 1 (0.0405) - 0.003%
W34: Unintentional discharge from other and unspecified firearms - 2 (0.081) - 0.006%

1996 population: 2,490,700
Total Unintentional Gun Deaths: 9
Crude death rate per 100,000 population: 0.3612

W32: Unintentional handgun discharge - 3 (0.1204) - 0.0087%
W33: Unintentional rifle, shotgun and larger firearm discharge - 3 (0.1204) - 0.0087%
W34: Unintentional discharge from other and unspecified firearms - 3 (0.1204) - 0.0087%

[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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