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WHO. 2016 ‘Inter-country Comparison of Mortality for Selected Cause of Death - Unintentional Gun Deaths in Slovakia.’ European Detailed Mortality Database (DMDB). Copenhagen: World Health Organisation Regional Office for Europe. 29 June
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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: 5,431,024
Total Unintentional Gun Deaths: 20
Crude death rate per 100,000 population: 0.3683
W32: Unintentional handgun discharge - 13 (0.2394) - 0.0253%
W33: Unintentional rifle, shotgun and larger firearm discharge - 2 (0.0368) - 0.0039%
W34: Unintentional discharge from other and unspecified firearms - 5 (0.0921) - 0.0097%
2013 population: 5,431,024
Total Unintentional Gun Deaths: 16
Crude death rate per 100,000 population: 0.2946
W32: Unintentional handgun discharge - 9 (0.1657) - 0.0173%
W33: Unintentional rifle, shotgun and larger firearm discharge - 4 (0.0737) - 0.0077%
W34: Unintentional discharge from other and unspecified firearms - 3 (0.0552) - 0.0058%
2012 population: 5,431,024
Total Unintentional Gun Deaths: 18
Crude death rate per 100,000 population: 0.3314
W32: Unintentional handgun discharge - 11 (0.2025) - 0.021%
W33: Unintentional rifle, shotgun and larger firearm discharge - 3 (0.0552) - 0.0057%
W34: Unintentional discharge from other and unspecified firearms - 4 (0.0737) - 0.0076%
2010 population: 5,431,024
Total Unintentional Gun Deaths: 21
Crude death rate per 100,000 population: 0.3867
W32: Unintentional handgun discharge - 13 (0.2394) - 0.0243%
W33: Unintentional rifle, shotgun and larger firearm discharge - 7 (0.1289) - 0.0131%
W34: Unintentional discharge from other and unspecified firearms - 1 (0.0184) - 0.0019%
2009 population: 5,418,374
Total Unintentional Gun Deaths: 25
Crude death rate per 100,000 population: 0.4614
W32: Unintentional handgun discharge - 18 (0.3322) - 0.034%
W33: Unintentional rifle, shotgun and larger firearm discharge - 4 (0.0738) - 0.0076%
W34: Unintentional discharge from other and unspecified firearms - 3 (0.0554) - 0.0057%
2008 population: 5,406,972
Total Unintentional Gun Deaths: 23
Crude death rate per 100,000 population: 0.4254
W32: Unintentional handgun discharge - 13 (0.2404) - 0.0245%
W33: Unintentional rifle, shotgun and larger firearm discharge - 3 (0.0555) - 0.0056%
W34: Unintentional discharge from other and unspecified firearms - 7 (0.1295) - 0.0132%
2005 population: 5,389,180
Total Unintentional Gun Deaths: 9
Crude death rate per 100,000 population: 0.167
W32: Unintentional handgun discharge - 3 (0.0557) - 0.0056%
W33: Unintentional rifle, shotgun and larger firearm discharge - 2 (0.0371) - 0.0037%
W34: Unintentional discharge from other and unspecified firearms - 4 (0.0742) - 0.0075%
2004 population: 5,384,822
Total Unintentional Gun Deaths: 24
Crude death rate per 100,000 population: 0.4458
W32: Unintentional handgun discharge - 8 (0.1486) - 0.0154%
W33: Unintentional rifle, shotgun and larger firearm discharge - 5 (0.0929) - 0.0096%
W34: Unintentional discharge from other and unspecified firearms - 11 (0.2043) - 0.0212%
2003 population: 5,380,053
Total Unintentional Gun Deaths: 21
Crude death rate per 100,000 population: 0.3904
W32: Unintentional handgun discharge - 17 (0.316) - 0.0325%
W33: Unintentional rifle, shotgun and larger firearm discharge - 1 (0.0186) - 0.0019%
W34: Unintentional discharge from other and unspecified firearms - 3 (0.0558) - 0.0057%
2002 population: 5,379,161
Total Unintentional Gun Deaths: 18
Crude death rate per 100,000 population: 0.3347
W32: Unintentional handgun discharge - 11 (0.2045) - 0.0213%
W33: Unintentional rifle, shotgun and larger firearm discharge - 5 (0.093) - 0.0097%
W34: Unintentional discharge from other and unspecified firearms - 2 (0.0372) - 0.0039%
2001 population: 5,378,951
Total Unintentional Gun Deaths: 16
Crude death rate per 100,000 population: 0.2975
W32: Unintentional handgun discharge - 8 (0.1487) - 0.0154%
W33: Unintentional rifle, shotgun and larger firearm discharge - 5 (0.093) - 0.0096%
W34: Unintentional discharge from other and unspecified firearms - 3 (0.0558) - 0.0058%
2000 population: 5,400,700
Total Unintentional Gun Deaths: 18
Crude death rate per 100,000 population: 0.3334
W32: Unintentional handgun discharge - 10 (0.1852) - 0.019%
W33: Unintentional rifle, shotgun and larger firearm discharge - 4 (0.0741) - 0.0076%
W34: Unintentional discharge from other and unspecified firearms - 4 (0.0741) - 0.0076%
1999 population: 5,395,300
Total Unintentional Gun Deaths: 20
Crude death rate per 100,000 population: 0.3707
W32: Unintentional handgun discharge - 12 (0.2224) - 0.0229%
W33: Unintentional rifle, shotgun and larger firearm discharge - 5 (0.0927) - 0.0095%
W34: Unintentional discharge from other and unspecified firearms - 3 (0.0556) - 0.0057%
1998 population: 5,390,900
Total Unintentional Gun Deaths: 21
Crude death rate per 100,000 population: 0.3895
W32: Unintentional handgun discharge - 13 (0.2411) - 0.0245%
W33: Unintentional rifle, shotgun and larger firearm discharge - 4 (0.0742) - 0.0075%
W34: Unintentional discharge from other and unspecified firearms - 4 (0.0742) - 0.0075%
1997 population: 5,383,233
Total Unintentional Gun Deaths: 15
Crude death rate per 100,000 population: 0.2787
W32: Unintentional handgun discharge - 10 (0.1858) - 0.0192%
W33: Unintentional rifle, shotgun and larger firearm discharge - 3 (0.0557) - 0.0058%
W34: Unintentional discharge from other and unspecified firearms - 2 (0.0372) - 0.0038%
1996 population: 5,373,793
Total Unintentional Gun Deaths: 17
Crude death rate per 100,000 population: 0.3164
W32: Unintentional handgun discharge - 6 (0.1117) - 0.0117%
W33: Unintentional rifle, shotgun and larger firearm discharge - 4 (0.0744) - 0.0078%
W34: Unintentional discharge from other and unspecified firearms - 7 (0.1303) - 0.0137%
1995 population: 5,363,676
Total Unintentional Gun Deaths: 25
Crude death rate per 100,000 population: 0.4661
W32: Unintentional handgun discharge - 10 (0.1864) - 0.019%
W33: Unintentional rifle, shotgun and larger firearm discharge - 6 (0.1119) - 0.0114%
W34: Unintentional discharge from other and unspecified firearms - 9 (0.1678) - 0.0171%
1994 population: 5,347,413
Total Unintentional Gun Deaths: 15
Crude death rate per 100,000 population: 0.2805
W32: Unintentional handgun discharge - 9 (0.1683) - 0.0175%
W33: Unintentional rifle, shotgun and larger firearm discharge - 5 (0.0935) - 0.0097%
W34: Unintentional discharge from other and unspecified firearms - 1 (0.0187) - 0.0019%
1993 population: 5,324,632
Total Unintentional Gun Deaths: 16
Crude death rate per 100,000 population: 0.3005
922 - Accident caused by firearm missile - 16 (0.3005) - 0.0304%
1992 population: 5,306,539
Total Unintentional Gun Deaths: 8
Crude death rate per 100,000 population: 0.1508
922 - Accident caused by firearm missile - 8 (0.1508) - 0.015%
[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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