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Deaths: External Causes of Morbidity and Mortality, 1995

ICD-9 Code¹ Underlying cause*: All Ages (M/F) - Total** - Rate**

Total Gun Homicide: 26
Crude death rate per 100,000 population: 0.05

E965: Assault by firearms and explosives:
20 (M) / 6 (F) - 26 - 0.05
E965.4: Assault by firearms and explosives - Other and unspecified firearm:
16 (M) / 4 (F) - 20 - 0.04

Total Gun Suicide: 134
Crude death rate per 100,000 population: 0.26

E955: Suicide and self inflicted injury by firearms and explosives:
130 (M) / 4 (F) - 134 - 0.26
E955.1: Suicide and self inflicted injury by firearms and explosives - Shotgun:
62 (M) / 2 (F) - 64 - 0.12
E955.4: Suicide and self inflicted injury by firearms and explosives - Other and unspecified firearm:
62 (M) / 2 (F) - 64 - 0.12

Total Unintentional Gun Deaths: 10
Crude death rate per 100,000 population: 0.02

E922: Accident caused by firearm missile:
10 (M) / 0 (F) - 10 - 0.02

Total Undetermined Gun Deaths: 28
Crude death rate per 100,000 population: 0.05

E985: Injury by firearms and explosives, undetermined whether accidentally or purposely inflicted:
26 (M) / 2 (F) - 28 - 0.05
E985.4: Injury by firearms and explosives, undetermined whether accidentally or purposely inflicted - Other and unspecified firearm:
16 (M) / 2 (F) - 18 - 0.04

*Excludes deaths under 28 days for individual causes
**Total and Rate calculated from ONS data by GunPolicy.org
Cited mid-year population, England and Wales: 51,272,000
Crude Rate per 100,000 Population = Number ÷ Population x 100,000

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